5 steps to get your team making powerful decisions

Without you

I had a very brief conversation with the CEO of one of the world's biggest tech companies that changed my view on decision-making forever.

I asked: "What is the biggest decision you’ve ever had to make?"

His response: "I very rarely make decisions. I hire a team who are much more skilled to make all the decisions for me.”

I always thought decision-making flowed upward, with the final call resting in the hands of the CEO.

But after that convo and the years under his leadership, I learned that true leadership isn’t about making all the decisions.

Why us managers shouldn’t be making decisions:

• The leader is not the closest person to the problem. The team are. So even with all the data and the best intentions they can’t make the best final call.  

• If a leader makes the decision and it turns out to be a WRONG one, you’re stealing a learning opportunity from your team.

• If the leader makes the decision and it turns out RIGHT and incredibly successful, they’re taking away all the empowerment and glory that comes with that success.

• Whoever makes the decision will have the most accountability, ownership and passion to push it through to execution/completion and make it a success. You want this to be the team, not you.  

But how should we respond when our team ask us to make a decision?

And what if they’re not comfortable making decisions right now, how can we start training them to be?

All will be revealed in…

The 5 stage decision-making framework

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