1 / 23

Making Effective Decisions

Making Effective Decisions. A 3-part Online series Session 3 ~ Barriers to Effective Decision Making “When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is a choice.” William James. Linda Bruno www.LindasWorkshops.com www.LindasWorkshops.blogspot.com

moke
Download Presentation

Making Effective Decisions

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Making Effective Decisions A 3-part Online series Session 3 ~ Barriers to Effective Decision Making “When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is a choice.” William James Linda Bruno www.LindasWorkshops.com www.LindasWorkshops.blogspot.com Linda@LindasWorkshops.com

  2. Decisions are sometimes difficult to make because we have been taught to • our creativity. suppress

  3. Blocks to creative decision making might be any of the following: • a. , such as • fear • need for approval • desire for order/structure** • judging • impatience emotional

  4. environmental • b. , such as • distractions (telephone, email, visiting, work!) • lack of cooperation • dictator bosses • bureaucracy

  5. perceptual • c. , such as • seeing what we expect to see • tunnel vision • not taking time to define the problem

  6. intellectual • d. , such as • lack of understanding • lack of experience/training

  7. cultural • e. , such as • traditions • focus only on logic, reason, or numbers • distrust of “creative” solutions • conformity

  8. When you find yourself“blocked” • regarding making a decision, • what might be the cause(s)?

  9. Overcoming Barriers to Creativity and Effective Decision-Making • Understand that resistance to creativity is usually an • , • not a core belief. attitude

  10. Practice 2) being creative. How would you do that?

  11. Compete 3) . How would you do that?

  12. Mental 4) preparation. HUNGRY ANGRY LONELY TIRED

  13. Which area tends to limit your creativity? emotional environmental perceptual cultural intellectual

  14. What preparation do you need to unleash your creativity?

  15. team 5) Work as part of a . Tackle the decision – not each other!

  16. Consider the following quotes: “Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there’s no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.” John Kenneth Galbraith Do you “get busy on the proof?”

  17. “If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.”Charles Kettering Do you find yourself saying (or thinking), “We’ve always done it that way?”

  18. and last but not least!... “If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to see all problems as nails. Having a versatile, well-stocked toolbox is essential for good decision making.” Anonymous

  19. What tools can you add to your toolbox • as a result of our sessions on decision-making? • The 5 Whys • Questions to consider • An understanding of limits • in your decision-making

  20. A new perspective on what • blocks your creativity • A decision-making technique • Brainstorming techniques • Creativity boosters • or………..

  21. Notes to self: • I’ve decided to use some of these tools! • I’ve decided that this won’t work for me… • I’ve decided I’ll wait until a “better time” • to decide!

  22. Page 4 is yours to use to practice your “creative thinking”

  23. Thanks so much for making the decision to grow with this series of workshops!

More Related