Decision Making Upgraded ~ Part 4
- Priya Venkatesan
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read
You spent your mid-night oil crunching data and arriving at the best decision. You are happy with your work and confident about the decision. Till the moment you enter into the stakeholder meet.
All hell breaks loose there, as no one who is ready to listen to you and your analysis.
The best of decisions fail if stakeholders are not involved at the right time - when you do not need the decision yet.
Stakeholders Size Vs Time Horizon
A large number of stakeholders, with a low time horizon, would mean Rally the troops
A large number of stakeholders, with a high time horizon, would mean you can Build a coalition
A small number of stakeholders, with a low time horizon, would mean War Room
A small number of stakeholders, with a high time horizon, would mean Strategy Room
Pointers to the decision maker are
Get Stakeholders involved as early as possible. Take them along.
Do not strive to build a coalition when time is short.
Do not fail to strategise when time is on your side.
Ensure you have enough credibility that stakeholders turn up to discuss even when they disagree with you.
