Decisions are made by individuals, not teams. Businesses need to be able to move quickly, make bold decisions (hypotheses), and test them. Not everyone will be "on board" with every decision. That's OK. Trying to convince every dissenter that the decision is right gives too much power to those positions to stop progress. It will invite mo

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“Almost always, when I look at a team or project at a larger org trying to make a decision with differences in opinions, the root of those differences almost always starts with shared context,” Weiss says. “Or lack thereof.”

The first step to identifying if your team is lacking shared context is to ask yourself a series of questions, Weiss says. “D... See more

blocks. So what’s your next move?” Richard seemed to shrink. “I think I’d like a little more time with him. I know Don and Tonya want him gone, but do you think we have to do this now?” Ah, Level 1 rears its head. To help Richard see other options, we talked about what the various levels of response could be: Level 1: “More time,” as Richard called

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People feel that their side wasn’t presented well, so they don’t trust the resulting decision. Decisions take a long time to make, which delays progress. While important and hard-to-reverse decisions deserve deep consideration, be wary of spending too much time on small, easy-to-reverse decisions. Decisions keep flip-flopping back and forth, which

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