Summary.
Leaders and their teams often pride themselves on their ability to deal with an onslaught of decisions. But the reality is they often end up making rapid-fire calls on issues big and small and wasting their time. Their organizations would be better served by an approach that treats decisions as a deliberately structured workstream. An exercise can help a senior team create a repeatable process for prioritizing decisions and determine the right methodology for each. It consists of four steps: 1) compile a list of the decisions likely to arise in coming months; 2) understand their characteristics; 3) sort the decisions into three categories; 4) and understand when the decisions should be made.Leaders and their teams often pride themselves on their ability to deal with an onslaught of decisions. But the reality is they often end up making rapid-fire calls on issues big and small and wasting their time. They and their organizations would be better served by an approach that treats decisions as a deliberately structured workstream.