Many groups charged with making a decision are very good at coming up with lists of ideas. However, generating lots of ideas is only half the battle. Sorting out the best or most important ideas requires skills that come from training or experience.
One technique for selecting ideas from a list involves the use of flags (dots and stickers will work also). However, the way you use the flags depends upon your goals, such as to: select a specific number of ideas, select the most popular ideas, choose all of the important ideas, or determine priorities for the ideas presented.
See your notes from your notepad on how you would advise the group to use their flags according to each criteria.
A Meeting Is Called, Part II
Which option would you favor? Type what you would say to the group in text field:
This is what you voted for in the team meeting:
Every decision involves risk. There are many good options from which to choose in any decision-making situation. But life is short, so pick one and get moving! Not everyone's option gets chosen, but everyone should feel heard in the process. Once a decision is made, it should be fully supported. Support for a chosen decision is an unspoken responsibility of employment.
