Making a quality decision doesn’t matter if those asked to execute that decision fail to do so. In actuality, gaining buy-in for a decision may be more important than the decision itself. If a team resists and fails to execute a decision, it really doesn’t matter how smart the decision is. Getting others to fully subscribe to a decision is a task good leaders face almost every day.
These seem to be flexible enough to allow a leader to employ each without a decision actually being made. While it might feel a bit disingenuous to deploy each of these as if a decision hasn't been finalized, when it actually has... it still seems that each needs to be an active ingredient both before and after an official announcement comes.
Anything change about these five when you know that a decision has already been finalized and just hasn't been made public yet?
"Once a decision is already made and hasn't followed these steps, gaining buy-in requires entirely different tactics. I will try to address these in upcoming Field Notes."
First, would be a great one to bring up during our regular ALD Direct sessions that happen every three weeks. For those that are full subscribers to our digital platform at explore.admiredleadership.com they have turned into very valuable Q&A time.
Second, we won't make you wait until the next ALDDirect, but we will poll the author for their specific thoughts here.
These seem to be flexible enough to allow a leader to employ each without a decision actually being made. While it might feel a bit disingenuous to deploy each of these as if a decision hasn't been finalized, when it actually has... it still seems that each needs to be an active ingredient both before and after an official announcement comes.
Anything change about these five when you know that a decision has already been finalized and just hasn't been made public yet?
Steve, reply from the author:
"Once a decision is already made and hasn't followed these steps, gaining buy-in requires entirely different tactics. I will try to address these in upcoming Field Notes."
Steve, Love the question.
First, would be a great one to bring up during our regular ALD Direct sessions that happen every three weeks. For those that are full subscribers to our digital platform at explore.admiredleadership.com they have turned into very valuable Q&A time.
Second, we won't make you wait until the next ALDDirect, but we will poll the author for their specific thoughts here.