How to Make Decisions More Effectively

“You cannot make progress without making decisions.” — Jim Rohn

Whether you’re in charge of leading a small team or leading the country, making decisions decisively and effectively is key when it comes to successfully moving a company, or country, forward.

On the flip side, being indecisive or too slow to make the necessary call often translates into devastating consequences, including lost customers, time, money, and in the case of this year’s pandemic — even lost lives.

After recently watching the latter happen as the U.S. leadership struggled to come to a decision on how to properly deal with the COVID-19 crisis, I couldn’t help but wonder how much better off everyone would have been using the proven RAPID® method when coming to a decision.

Yup, that’s right, another acronym for you to remember. Except for this time around, it’s intended for whenever you need to make smart decisions quickly.

What RAPID stands for:

Recommend — once valuable input has been gathered, one individual recommends a course of action or presents a series of options to take.

Agree — while open and constructive debates are always welcome, the goal is for all individual(s) to agree on a proposed recommendation. If an individual doesn’t agree with the…