Agreeable leadership teams miss the advantage of constructive conflict.
Disagreement gives meaning to agreement. If everyone thinks alike, no one is thinking.
“The first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.” Peter Drucker
10 Truths Leaders Misunderstand About Decisions
- Dissatisfaction drives decisions. If you aren’t dissatisfied, what are you talking about? Choosing a path is about change. You don’t change something you’re fully satisfied with.
- Real choices require options. The better the options, the more effective the decision.
- Chances are you don’t need more information. Studying the problem is helpful; options are essential.
- End decision-making meetings when they avoid disagreement. They’re a waste of time.
- Commission everyone to come to meetings with an option for consideration.
- Disagree without being disagreeable.
- Invite the entire team to argue for and against each option, regardless of their preferred position.
- Focus on the option, not the person.
- Grab an oar and row, regardless of the final decision. Own it.
- Evaluate decisions frequently. Adapt as you go.
Options, compromise, and values:
Any good option will work. If it won’t work, it’s not an option.
When good options are present, decisions are compromises.
It takes courage to compromise – to give up the good that might be lost when choosing one direction over another.
The true value of values is revealed in compromise.
How might teams develop options?
What rules for disagreement can you suggest?
10 Heart-Based Questions that Produce the Very Best Decisions – Leadership Freak
Learn How to Make Decisions Effectively
