How Great Decisions Get Made: 10 Easy Steps for Reaching Agreement on Even the Toughest Issues

2017-07-07 02:10:07

Introduction

Part 1: Making Great Decisions

Part 2: Ten Easy Steps for Reaching Agreement

Step #1: Enlist Everyone: Invite Hidden as Well as Visible Talent and Avoid Creating Enemies

Step #2: Discover Shared Hopes: Multiply Your Prospects for Success

Step #3: Uncover the Real Issues: Listen to Thoughts and Feelings

Step #4: Identify all Options: See the Whole Tree before You Go Out on a Limb

Step #5: Gather the Right Information: Look Through the Lens of Your Hopes

Step #6: Get Everything on the Table: 100 Percent Information, Zero Percent Debate

Step #7: Write Down Choices that Support Shared Hopes: Take the Guesswork Out of Decisions

Step #8: Map the Solutions: See Clear Results

Step #9: Look Ahead: Be Prepared with Alternatives

Step #10: Stay Charged Up: Celebrate Results and Renew Your Hopes

Strategy #1: Don't Have Time? Try the 30-Minute Miracle

Strategy #2: Not in Charge? Employ Persuasive Techniques

Strategy #3: No Guide? Follow the Self-Directed Process

Strategy #4: Very Large Group? Solve Problems the Way You Play the Accordion

Strategy #5: Can't Get Everyone Together? Be an E-Team

Strategy #6: Stuck? Dissolve Old Differences and Build Trust

Introduction

Part 1: Making Great Decisions

Part 2: Ten Easy Steps for Reaching Agreement

Step #1: Enlist Everyone: Invite Hidden as Well as Visible Talent and Avoid Creating Enemies

Step #2: Discover Shared Hopes: Multiply Your Prospects for Success

Step #3: Uncover the Real Issues: Listen to Thoughts and Feelings

Step #4: Identify all Options: See the Whole Tree before You Go Out on a Limb

Step #5: Gather the Right Information: Look Through the Lens of Your Hopes

Step #6: Get Everything on the Table: 100 Percent Information, Zero Percent Debate

Step #7: Write Down Choices that Support Shared Hopes: Take the Guesswork Out of Decisions

Step #8: Map the Solutions: See Clear Results

Step #9: Look Ahead: Be Prepared with Alternatives

Step #10: Stay Charged Up: Celebrate Results and Renew Your Hopes

Strategy #1: Don't Have Time? Try the 30-Minute Miracle

Strategy #2: Not in Charge? Employ Persuasive Techniques

Strategy #3: No Guide? Follow the Self-Directed Process

Strategy #4: Very Large Group? Solve Problems the Way You Play the Accordion

Strategy #5: Can't Get Everyone Together? Be an E-Team

Strategy #6: Stuck? Dissolve Old Differences and Build Trust

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