Winning Decisions
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It’s time to make the right decisions for the success of your business
Time to revolutionise the quality of the decision making in your business?
How to drive out bias, narrow-mindedness, emotion and arrogance from decision making in your business
Chances are there is bias, narrow-mindedness, emotion and arrogance in nearly every decision made in your business…
Bad decisions in your business are just so easy to make…
Finding it difficult to implement the right decision in your business
Avoid the pitfalls of bad decision making in your business today
Your business success requires a better decision-making process…
What happens when you examine the four hazards to good decision making in your business?
Navigate the four hazards to good decision making in your business?
What are the four hazards that will derail the decision making in your business?
Do your people have the requisite skills to make good decisions all the time
How reliable is the decision-making process in your business?
Decision making – how high up the lists of skills need to make your business successful is it?
Avoid the hazards and make better business decisions
How to avoid these four hazards and make better business decisions
How to avoid the ‘four villains’ of flawed decision making…
Which of the ‘four villains’ are present in the decision-making process in your business
How to identify and drive out flawed decision making in your business
Your business deserves better than alright when it comes to the decisions you make
What is preventing you from making winning decisions in your business
Why risk the success of your business by falling into the common traps of bad decision making?
Good decision making in any business means avoiding the pitfalls of bad decision making…
How many times have you made a decision in your business based on your bias towards one of the outcomes?
Without realising it Bias affects most of the business decisions you make
Widen your options when making a decision and you increase your chances of making the right decision
How many options do you leave yourself with when it comes to making a decision in your business
How many times have you made a yes or no decision in your business
Don’t let your emotions get in the way of winning decisions in your business
How to make better decisions in your business by using the 10/10/10 question process
How can 10 minutes, 10 days or 10 years make a difference to the successful decisions you make in your business?
You cannot turn your emotions off, but you can use them wisely to make the right business decisions
Overconfidence will be the downfall of the decision-making process in your business
Were you guilty of ‘overconfidence’ in the last business decision you made?
How to drive out overconfidence and increase the success rate of decision making in your business …
How many times when making a business decision have you prepared to be wrong?
How many times have you created a trip wire to warn you if the wrong decision was made?
If a doctor can be wrong 40% of the time, then you can be wrong some of the time too…
Your business results will improve when you sense-check your decision making…
Four simple steps that will dramatically improve the outcome of decisions you make in your business…
Discover the 4-part decision making checklist and transform the outcomes for your business
Stop looking so narrow when it comes to your business decisions – widen your spotlight
Don’t let your own bias affect the business decisions you make – reality test your analysis
Stop letting your emotions affect the business decisions you make
When it comes to making the right business decision it pays to prepare to be wrong…
Read Chip and Dan Heaths book – Decisive, to learn how to make great business decisions!
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Update 1:
As a business leader, you make decisions every day, some are easy, some are difficult…
Your job is to make the right decision and avoid the pitfalls of bad decision making. Click here to learn how…
Update 2:
Sometimes it can be tough to make a decision and even more difficult to know if you have made the right decision.
But… The simple fact is when you get your decision-making process right, you will get your decisions right.
This will make your life as a business leader easier and your business will be more successful as a result. Click here to learn how…
Update 3:
As a rule, humans don’t have a particularly strong track record of making good decisions.
Whether in business or in our personal lives we get it wrong more than we get it right… So why is this?
Because we all fall into the common decision-making traps. Click here to learn how to avoid these traps and make the right decisions for your business.
Update 4:
Failure to make the right decision within your business is not surprising given that none of us really know the skills required to make decisions, the skills that lead to greater business success and profitability.
Within your business I am sure you have sent people on training courses for management, recruitment, selling, buying and planning…
BUT what about decision making? And yet it is the single most important business skill to have… Click here to learn the importance of the decision-making process when it comes to the success of your business…
Update 5:
Life would be a lot easier if we just knew how to make good decisions but research shows we all make a lot of bad ones.
Click here to learn how to improve the success of your business by using a tried and tested decision-making process.
Update 6:
The chances are your natural decision-making process is not something you have given to much thought to, but, the chances are you have done alright so far…
But you want better than alright? Your business deserves better than alright? Click here to turn alright into great!
Update 7:
If you want your business results to improve beyond ‘alright’ then it’s a good idea to improve the quality of your decision-making process, so, what is preventing you from making winning decisions in your business?
There are 4 hazards you must avoid if you want to make great decisions, click here to learn what they are and how to avoid them and make great decisions for your business.
Update 8:
Good decision making in any business means avoiding the pitfalls of bad decision making.
You might have been lucky in the past and made the right decisions without following a proven process.
However, click here to ensure the future success of your business is not left to luck.
Update 9:
Without even realising it, your natural decision-making process has natural flaws…
How many times in your business have you made decisions based on just 2 options?
How many times have you made a decision based on the fact you like one outcome more than the other?
Click here to learn the importance of these flaws and how to avoid them.
Update 10:
Your emotions have an impact on the business decisions you make.
This is not a bad thing, but the key is to be able to identify and control your emotions.
Click here to learn how to use your emotions constructively in the decisions you make for your business.
Update 11:
Your emotions will always influence the business decisions you make; however, these emotions can set you up to make a bad decision.
So… it pays to put some distance between your emotions and the final decision.
Use the 3-stage 10/10/10 question – how would you feel about the decision in 10 minutes, 10 days or 10 years…
Click here to learn the value of asking yourself the 10/10/10 question before making a business decision.
Update 12:
We are all guilty of overconfidence.
We naturally assume that we know more than we actually do and jump to conclusions, thinking we can accurately predict the future.
Preparing to be wrong in business is just admitting that we cannot predict the future.
Click here to learn how to avoid overconfidence when it comes to making the right decisions for your business.
Update 13:
A recent study showed that when doctors expressed complete certainty that a diagnosis was correct, they were wrong 40% of the time.
So, if a well-trained professional making a decision in their specialist area is wrong a substantial portion of the time, then maybe you could be wrong when making some business decisions too.
Click here to learn that preparing to be wrong is one of the most important things to do when it comes to making the right decision
Update 14:
In their book Decisive – How to make better decisions Chip and Dan Heath put it simply:
‘When it comes to making decisions, it’s clear that our brains are flawed instruments. Whether we rely on complex analysis or gut reactions, the results are about the same’
So, click here to learn how to transform the success of your business by implementing this proven 4-part decision making checklist.
Update 15:
The bigger your business decision the better you need to be at decision making, so, it pays to ‘catch yourself on’ and sense-check your business’s decision making with a proven, 4-part, decision making checklist, click here to learn how…
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1) As a business leader, you make decisions every day, some are easy, some are difficult…
Your job is to make the right decision and avoid the pitfalls of bad decision making. Click here to learn how…
2) Sometimes it can be tough to make a decision and even more difficult to know if you have made the right decision.
But… The simple fact is when you get your decision-making process right, you will get your decisions right.
This will make your life as a business leader easier and your business will be more successful as a result. Click here to learn how…
3) As a rule, humans don’t have a particularly strong track record of making good decisions.
Whether in business or in our personal lives we get it wrong more than we get it right… So why is this?
Because we all fall into the common decision-making traps. Click here to learn how to avoid these traps and make the right decisions for your business.
4) Failure to make the right decision within your business is not surprising given that none of us really know the skills required to make decisions, the skills that lead to greater business success and profitability.
Within your business I am sure you have sent people on training courses for management, recruitment, selling, buying and planning…
BUT what about decision making? And yet it is the single most important business skill to have… Click here to learn the importance of the decision-making process when it comes to the success of your business…
5) Life would be a lot easier if we just knew how to make good decisions but research shows we all make a lot of bad ones.
Click here to learn how to improve the success of your business by using a tried and tested decision-making process.
6) The chances are your natural decision-making process is not something you have given to much thought to, but, the chances are you have done alright so far…
But you want better than alright? Your business deserves better than alright? Click here to turn alright into great!
7) If you want your business results to improve beyond ‘alright’ then it’s a good idea to improve the quality of your decision-making process, so, what is preventing you from making winning decisions in your business?
There are 4 hazards you must avoid if you want to make great decisions, click here to learn what they are and how to avoid them and make great decisions for your business.
8) Good decision making in any business means avoiding the pitfalls of bad decision making.
You might have been lucky in the past and made the right decisions without following a proven process.
However, click here to ensure the future success of your business is not left to luck.
9) Without even realising it, your natural decision-making process has natural flaws…
How many times in your business have you made decisions based on just 2 options?
How many times have you made a decision based on the fact you like one outcome more than the other?
Click here to learn the importance of these flaws and how to avoid them.
10) Your emotions have an impact on the business decisions you make.
This is not a bad thing, but the key is to be able to identify and control your emotions.
Click here to learn how to use your emotions constructively in the decisions you make for your business.
11) Your emotions will always influence the business decisions you make; however, these emotions can set you up to make a bad decision.
So… it pays to put some distance between your emotions and the final decision.
Use the 3-stage 10/10/10 question – how would you feel about the decision in 10 minutes, 10 days or 10 years…
Click here to learn the value of asking yourself the 10/10/10 question before making a business decision.
12) We are all guilty of overconfidence.
We naturally assume that we know more than we actually do and jump to conclusions, thinking we can accurately predict the future.
Preparing to be wrong in business is just admitting that we cannot predict the future.
Click here to learn how to avoid overconfidence when it comes to making the right decisions for your business.
13) A recent study showed that when doctors expressed complete certainty that a diagnosis was correct, they were wrong 40% of the time.
So, if a well-trained professional making a decision in their specialist area is wrong a substantial portion of the time, then maybe you could be wrong when making some business decisions too.
Click here to learn that preparing to be wrong is one of the most important things to do when it comes to making the right decision
14) In their book Decisive – How to make better decisions Chip and Dan Heath put it simply:
‘When it comes to making decisions, it’s clear that our brains are flawed instruments. Whether we rely on complex analysis or gut reactions, the results are about the same’
So, click here to learn how to transform the success of your business by implementing this proven 4-part decision making checklist.
15) The bigger your business decision the better you need to be at decision making, so, it pays to ‘catch yourself on’ and sense-check your business’s decision making with a proven, 4-part, decision making checklist, click here to learn how…
Blog Posts
BLOG 1 - Bad decisions in your business are just so easy to make…
As a business leader, you make decisions every day, some are easy…
· What time shall I organise that meeting?
· Shall I work through my lunch?
· Shall I visit that client tomorrow?
Some are difficult…
· Shall I recruit that person?
· Shall I invest in that company?
· Shall I take on additional clients?
Your job as a business leader is to make the right decision and avoid the pitfalls of bad decision making.
Sometimes it can be tough to make a decision and even more difficult to know if you have made the right decision.
Then, once the decision is made it can be even more difficult to implement that decision successfully within your business.
But…
The simple fact is when you get your decision-making process right, you will get your decisions right.
This will make your life as a business leader easier and your business will be more successful as a result.
Beware… Bad decisions are just so easy to make…
Use the proven decision-making process outlined in this 4-page Business Bitesize and to take your business to new heights. (URL to your webpage BBS)
BLOG 2 - What are the four hazards that will derail the decision making in your business?
As a rule, humans don’t have a particularly strong track record of making good decisions.
Whether in business or in our personal lives we get it wrong more than we get it right… So why is this?
Because we all fall into the common decision-making traps.
We let our emotions, our bias, our overconfidence and our urgent need to make the decision get in our way.
A 2010 McKinsey study showed that even in the world of big corporate business the decisions are often wrong.
In fact, this study showed that there was a profound lack of good decision making on the big acquisition deals in the corporate world…
So, if they get it wrong, the leaders of some of the biggest companies in the world aren’t we also likely to be guilty of bad decision making too?
The study investigated 1048 business decisions over a 5-year period, most of these decisions were subject to rigorous analysis before the final decision was made.
The study proved that a good decision-making process matter 600% more than rigorous analysis.
Our failure to make the right decision all the time is not surprising given that none of us really know the skills required to make decisions, the skills that lead to greater business success and profitability.
Within your business I am sure you have sent people on training courses for management, recruitment, selling, buying and planning…
BUT what about decision making?
And yet it is the single most important business skill to have…
Decision making is vital…
Click here (URL to your webpage BBS) to uncover the four steps you must take to make more of your business decisions the right ones…
BLOG 3 - How to identify and drive out flawed decision making in your business
Life would be a lot easier if we just knew how to make good decisions but research shows we all make a lot of bad ones.
Improved success in your business requires a better decision-making process.
The chances are your natural decision-making process is not something you have given to much thought to…
But, the chances are you have done alright so far…
But you want better than alright? Your business deserves better than alright?
If you want your business results to improve beyond ‘alright’ then it’s a good idea to improve the quality of your decision-making process
So, what is preventing you from making winning decisions in your business?
There are 4 hazards you must avoid if you want to make great decisions:
1. Stop being so narrow
2. Stop being so biased
3. Stop being so emotional
4. Stop being so confident
In their book Decisive – How to make better decisions. Chip and Dan Heath call these 4 hazards ‘the four villains’ of flawed decision making.
Click here (URL to your webpage BBS) to learn how to overcome these hazards by using a 4-part sense check and start making great decisions in your business.
BLOG 4 - How to avoid the pitfalls of your natural decision-making process in your business.
Good decision making in any business means avoiding the pitfalls of bad decision making.
You might have been lucky in the past and made the right decisions without following a proven process.
However, should you leave the future success of your business to luck?
Without even realising it, your natural decision-making process has 4 natural flaws…
Two of these are: Being so narrow and being so biased.
A narrow decision is essentially a thumbs up or down decision – where you only have (or give yourself 2 options).
How many times in your business have you made decisions based on just 2 options?
But, when you widen the options the better your final decision is likely to be.
Generating a number of different options may seem to make your decision more complicated but alternatives force you to dismiss the ‘whether or not’ decision and widen the beam of your decision-making spotlight.
The decision you make will be improve when you widen your spotlight.
Bias is the second of the 4 flaws in any natural decision-making process. Without realising bias habitually influences most of the decisions you make.
How many times have you made a decision based on the fact you like one outcome more than the other?
How many times have you decided on the outcome you would like and sought out the information to back it up, disregarding all the other alternatives?
This is called confirmation bias…
Click here (URL to your webpage BBS) to learn that when you widen your options and reality test them you will make the right decisions for your business…
BLOG 5 - Use the 10/10/10 question process to make better decisions in your business...
Your emotions have an impact on the business decisions you make.
This is not a bad thing, but the key is to be able to identify and control your emotions.
Most of the time you will not even realise that they are there…
But they are, ready to derail you from the right decision path…
You cannot turn your emotions off, this is your business…
You have worked hard to make it successful?
Your emotions will always influence the decisions you make; however, these emotions can set you up to make a bad decision.
So… it pays to put some distance between your emotions and the final decision.
Sleep on it, or…
Use the 3-stage 10/10/10 question – how would you feel about the decision in 10 minutes, 10 days or 10 years…
If you feel someone or something is hampering the decision-making process 10 minutes might be all the time to you need to step back and consider all the options…
Click here (URL to your webpage BBS) to learn how to use emotions constructively in the decisions you make for your business.
BLOG 6 - You were probably guilty of ‘overconfidence’ in the last business decision you made?
We are all guilty of overconfidence.
We naturally assume that we know more than we actually do and jump to conclusions, thinking we can accurately predict the future.
Preparing to be wrong is just admitting that we cannot predict the future.
A recent study showed that when doctors expressed complete certainty that a diagnosis was correct, they were wrong 40% of the time.
So, if a well-trained professional making a decision in their specialist area is wrong a substantial portion of the time, then maybe you could be wrong some of the time too.
In the case of the doctor you would be inclined to seek a second opinion but how do you ensure your decision is open to evaluation?
Ask yourself this…
How many times in your business have you done one of the following?
· Weighed up the likely outcomes of your decision – best case, worst case and most likely outcome?
· Created room for error – built a buffer into the decision you have made?
· Written down the potential problems/pitfalls of the decision?
· Created a trip wire – for example ‘if we don’t make 10% profit we will re-evaluate’?
When you do any number of these things you are futureproofing the decision you make and therefore making the right decision more likely.
Click here (URL to your webpage BBS) to ensure that your decision-making process is strong enough…
BLOG 7 - Use this 4-part checklist and make more profitable decisions in your business.
In their book Decisive – How to make better decisions Chip and Dan Heath put it simply:
‘When it comes to making decisions, it’s clear that our brains are flawed instruments. Whether we rely on complex analysis or gut reactions, the results are about the same’
So, it pays to ‘catch yourself on’ and sense-check your business’s decision making with a proven, 4-part, decision making checklist:
1. Stop looking so narrow – widen your options
Do you use a 50/50, yes or no answer to make your decisions?
When you widen your options, you apply the magic of AND rather than OR. Remember AND can be used multiple times, increasing the number of options you can have. When you consider a variety of alternatives then you improve your chances of making the right decision.
2. Stop being so biased – reality test your analysis.
Bias can lead you to apply unjustified weight to a decision you prefer, it will also mean that you will collect evidence to support this view, resulting in any other option being dismissed before being properly considered. When you reality-test your decision, for example get interview candidates to do real work not just answer questions, you are more likely to see who the right candidate is and it might not be the one you preferred.
3. Stop being so emotional – step away and get some perspective
During any decision-making process emotions run high, and high emotions can cloud any judgement about the right decision to be made. Your job as a business leader is to step back ‘get some air’ and take a look at the short and long-term effect the decision will have on your business, so that you make the right one.
4. Stop being so confident – prepare to be wrong
Even the best of us can be overconfident. If Doctors can get it wrong 40% of the time then can you be completely certain all the time that you have made the right decision. Your job is to prepare for things to go wrong, predict the issues and be ready with a back-up plan.
The bigger the decision the better you need to be at making decision.
Click here (URL to your webpage BBS) to transform the success of your business by implementing this proven 4-part decision making checklist.
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Your business’s success depends on the decisions you make...
It can be tough to make the right decisions every time for your business.
Successful decisions require strong and robust decision-making processes.
Click the button below for a4-step sense-check to give you the framework for a better decision-making process for the success of your business.
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In this ‘winning decisions’ edition of Business Bitesize you will learn, in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea:
- how hidden biases can affect the business decisions you make
- the value of the 10/10/10 question when making decisions both for the long and short term
- the effect widening your options can make in your decision-making process
Want better than ‘alright’ decisions?
Improve your decision-making processes!
Email 1:
Headline: Bad business decisions are just so easy to make…
Subheading: Making the right decision is harder than you think…
How many times in your business have you made the wrong decision?
As a business leader your job is to avoid the pitfalls of bad-decision making…
Why risk making a bad decision when making the right decision for your business is just so easy.
In this latest blog you’ll learn how your business can be more successful when you follow a proven decision-making process.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Bitesize ‘Winning Decisions’.
Email 2:
Headline: What are the four hazards that will derail the decision making in your business?
Subheading: How reliable is the decision-making process in your business?
When it comes to making the right decision in your business, how confident are you that you get it right every time?
Statistics prove we get it wrong more often than we get it right.
In this latest blog you’ll learn the 4 steps you MUST take to make winning decisions in your business.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Bitesize ‘Winning Decisions’.
Email 3:
Headline: How to identify and drive out flawed decision making in your business…
Subheading: Avoid the hazards of bad decision making in your business
It’s hard to know whether every business decision you have made has been the right one?
Chances are you have done OK up to now… but you want better than OK right?
In this latest blog you’ll learn 4 hazards to avoid on the path to making the right decisions for your business.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Bitesize ‘Winning Decisions’.
Email 4:
Headline: How to avoid the pitfalls of your natural decision-making process in your business.
Subheading: Don’t let your narrow decision-making bias affect the success of your business…
Are you aware that your natural decision-making process is flawed?
Don’t risk the success of your business by falling victim to these flaws…
In this latest blog you’ll learn how to widen your decision-making options to increase the likelihood of making the right decision for your business.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Bitesize ‘Winning Decisions’.
Email 5:
Headline: Use the 10/10/10 question process to make better decisions in your business…
Subheading: Use your emotions wisely and make the right decisions…
How long do you give yourself to make a decision in your business, 10 seconds, 10 minutes?
When you put a little distance between yourself and the emotion involved in making the final decision you will make the RIGHT decision.
In this latest blog you’ll learn that using your emotions constructively will guide you to making the right decision for your business success.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Bitesize ‘Winning Decisions’.
Email 6:
Headline: You were probably guilty of ‘overconfidence’ in the last business decision you made?
Subheading: Is your decision-making process strong enough?
How often when making a decision in your business, do you prepare to be wrong?
Research suggests that doctors make the wrong decisions 40% of the time, so the likelihood is that you could be wrong some of the time too…
In this latest blog you’ll learn how focusing on errors and being wrong can lead you to the right decisions for your business success…
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Bitesize ‘Winning Decisions’.
Email 7:
Headline: Use this 4-part checklist and make more profitable decisions in your business.
Subheading: Don’t leave making decisions to luck.
When making decisions in your business do you use the same informal process that you have always used?
The chances are that bias, emotion and over-confidence have affected all the previous decisions you have made without you even realising it.
In this latest blog you’ll learn that a 4-part decision making checklist will revolutionise the way you make all your business decisions going forward.
Go here to read the blog and download the Business Breakthrough ‘Winning Decisions’.
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