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1

I evaluate the risks associated with each alternative before making a decision.

2

After I make a decision, it’s final – because I know my process is strong.

3

I try to determine the real issue before starting a decision-making process.

4

I rely on my own experience to find potential solutions to a problem.

5

I tend to have a strong “gut instinct” about problems, and I rely on it in decision-making.

6

I am sometimes surprised by the actual consequences of my decisions.

7

I use a well-defined process to structure my decisions.

8

I think that involving many stakeholders to generate solutions can make the process more complicated than it needs to be.

9

If I have doubts about my decision, I go back and recheck my assumptions and my process.

10

I take the time needed to choose the best decision-making tool for each specific decision.

11

I consider a variety of potential solutions before I make my decision.

12

Before I communicate my decision, I create an implementation plan.

13

In a group decision-making process, I tend to support my friends’ proposals and try to find ways to make them work.

14

When communicating my decision, I include my rationale and justification.

15

Some of the options I’ve chosen have been much more difficult to implement than I had expected.

16

I prefer to make decisions on my own, and then let other people know what I’ve decided.

17

I determine the factors most important to the decision, and then use those factors to evaluate my choices.

18

I emphasize how confident I am in my decision as a way to gain support for my plans.

Score

Comment

18-42

Your decision-making hasn’t fully matured. You aren’t objective enough, and you rely too much on luck, instinct or timing to make reliable decisions. Start to improve your decision-making skills by focusing more on the process that leads to the decision, rather than on the decision itself. With a solid process, you can face any decision with confidence. We’ll show you how.

43-66

Your decision-making process is OK. You have a good understanding of the basics, but now you need to improve your process and be more proactive. Concentrate on finding lots of options and discovering as many risks and consequences as you can. The better your analysis, the better your decision will be in the long term. Focus specifically on the areas where you lost points, and develop a system that will work for you across a wide variety of situations.

67-90

You have an excellent approach to decision-making! You know how to set up the process and generate lots of potential solutions. From there, you analyze the options carefully, and you make the best decisions possible based on what you know. As you gain more and more experience, use that information to evaluate your decisions, and continue to build on your decision-making success. Think about the areas where you lost points, and decide how you can include those areas in your process.