David Summerton Business Consulting
Did I Make the Right Decision? Managers are paid to make decisions, simple as that, but do you consistently and carefully think and review exactly the decisions that you are making? We can all learn from experience and critically assessing past decisions, and their outcomes, sharpens up the skill going forward. Ask yourself the following …
Three Reasons Why Decision Making Needs To Be Your Top Skill If you can master the following three areas of decision making you will be a truly effective manager. It’s not going to be easy though! Time – there is never enough time to review/consider/evaluate/critically assess your options. If there was then the right decision …
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How To Make Decisions Effectively Evaluate and be clear how important the decision actually is: should you be making it or should someone either senior to you or one of your staff be making it? Identify people with the appropriate skills, knowledge and expertise Identify who will be co-operative and supportive of the decision that …
Good Critical Thinking Skills In Management We are continually striving towards making better decisions and making improvements in systems and working procedures: successful organisations do this all of the time to continually refine and shape their offer. In just the same way Managers should be always looking to develop their critical thinking skills. Just because …
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How Do I Know It Is Time To Make A Decision? What to do – shall I wait and see what happens next or do I dive in and do something? How do you know when it is best to keep an open mind or are you just procrastinating and delaying things? The time to …
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Making The Most Of Management Information Managers MUST manage information well – this is the very lifeblood of your success and that of your organisation! This need not be a difficult task and it can be dealt with very effectively and efficiently just by following some simple rules outlined below: Relevant? Is this information going …
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Managing Information - The Must Should Could Model We are all bombarded by information and data – far too much than is probably healthy for us and far too much to effectively deal with in a consistent and systematic manner. One solution is to be brutally honest around how to prioritise the information and communication …
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