Be Decisive - Now!: The 2-In-1 Manager: Speed Read - Instant Tips; Big Picture - Lasting Results

Cover......Page 1
Half Title Page......Page 4
Title Page......Page 6
Copyright Page......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
About the author......Page 15
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Chapter 1 GET THE PROBLEM RIGHT......Page 20
  1.2 Sift symptoms from causes......Page 22
  1.3 Know your strategic priorities......Page 23
  1.5 Validate your problem with stakeholders......Page 24
  1.6 Filter out problem and solution bias......Page 25
  1.7 Be clear about ownership and key roles......Page 26
  1.1 Create distance, set the context first......Page 28
  1.2 Sift symptoms from causes......Page 31
  1.3 Know your strategic priorities......Page 33
  1.4 Articulate your problem statement......Page 35
  1.5 Validate your problem with stakeholders......Page 38
  1.6 Filter out problem and solution bias......Page 42
  1.7 Be clear about ownership and key roles......Page 46
Chapter 2 DEVELOP CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES......Page 50
  2.1 Alternatives are more than contrasting props......Page 52
  2.3 Think outside the box!......Page 53
  2.4 Focus on bigger problems to find bigger solutions......Page 54
  2.6 Give your alternatives an honest, fair chance......Page 55
  2.7 Go on, do cherry pick......Page 56
  2.1 Alternatives are more than contrasting props......Page 60
  2.2 Go for unique ideas to bolster your competitive position......Page 63
  2.3 Think outside the box!......Page 69
  2.4 Focus on bigger problems to find bigger solutions......Page 72
  2.5 Use clear ground rules for productive brainstorming......Page 77
  2.6 Give your alternatives an honest, fair chance......Page 81
  2.7 Go on, do cherry pick......Page 90
Chapter 3 WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY, REALLY DO WITHOUT MONEY?......Page 96
  3.1 Make the most of what you have with the Optimised Base Case......Page 98
  3.3 Create instant credibility (1)......Page 99
  3.4 Create instant credibility (2)......Page 100
  3.5 Unveil value in projects you’d normally avoid......Page 101
  3.6 Be clear on why not to do the Optimised Base Case......Page 102
  3.7 Harvest insights gained from the Optimised Base Case......Page 103
  3.1 Make the most of what you have with the Optimised Base Case......Page 104
  3.2 Create real value, fast......Page 107
  3.3 Create instant credibility (1)......Page 111
  3.4 Create instant credibility (2)......Page 115
  3.5 Unveil value in projects you’d normally avoid......Page 120
  3.6 Be clear on why not to do the Optimised Base Case......Page 128
  3.7 Harvest insights gained from the Optimised Base Case......Page 132
Chapter 4 ENSURE YOUR DECISION IS THE RIGHT ONE......Page 138
  4.1 Align with company strategy......Page 140
  4.3 Avoid the ‘there is no doubt’ decision trap......Page 141
  4.4 Ensure early vertical alignment......Page 143
  4.6 Be clear about what you are giving up......Page 144
  4.7 How does this fit with other things going on?......Page 145
  4.1 Align with company strategy......Page 148
  4.2 Validate your Right to Succeed......Page 151
  4.3 Avoid the ‘there is no doubt’ decision trap......Page 154
  4.4 Ensure early vertical alignment......Page 159
  4.5 Don’t second-guess your leader......Page 163
  4.6 Be clear about what you are giving up......Page 166
  4.7 How does this fit with other things going on?......Page 174
Chapter 5 PREPARE FOR SUCCESS......Page 178
  5.1 Be clear about what really drives value......Page 180
  5.3 Work with a Range of Outcomes......Page 181
  5.4 Encourage constructive challenge......Page 182
  5.5 Appoint value driver owners......Page 183
  5.6 Cast the net of outcomes wide......Page 184
  5.7 Reduce the downside, maximise the upside......Page 185
  5.1 Be clear about what really drives value......Page 186
  5.2 Prepare to be wrong......Page 190
  5.3 Work with a Range of Outcomes......Page 192
  5.4 Encourage constructive challenge......Page 197
  5.5 Appoint value driver owners......Page 206
  5.6 Cast the net of outcomes wide......Page 209
  5.7 Reduce the downside, maximise the upside......Page 215
Chapter 6 BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE RISKS......Page 220
  6.1 Know the value of risk planning......Page 222
  6.3 What risks should you worry about most?......Page 223
  6.5 Explore exit strategies......Page 225
  6.6 Set trip wires and keep an eye on things......Page 226
  6.7 Erect guard rails......Page 227
  6.1 Know the value of risk planning......Page 228
  6.2 Check for different risk types......Page 233
  6.3 What risks should you worry about most?......Page 238
  6.4 Ask about options......Page 241
  6.5 Explore exit strategies......Page 243
  6.6 Set trip wires and keep an eye on things......Page 249
  6.7 Erect guard rails......Page 252
Chapter 7  LOOK BACK TO LOOK AHEAD......Page 258
  7.2 Look back to learn some lessons......Page 260
  7.3 Make it swift, painless and valuable......Page 261
  7.4 Look ahead to make looking back easier......Page 262
  7.5 Have a mindset for failure......Page 263
  7.7 Include lessons from the past in your proposal......Page 264
  7.1 Understand why hardly anyone ever looks back......Page 266
  7.2 Look back to learn some lessons......Page 270
  7.3 Make it swift, painless and valuable......Page 274
  7.4 Look ahead to make looking back easier......Page 277
  7.5 Have a mindset for failure......Page 280
  7.6 Align incentives for looking back......Page 283
  7.7 Include lessons from the past in your proposal......Page 285
Appendix......Page 288
Index......Page 290