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Reaching a Decision
Completion requirements
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Important issues for achieving consensus:
- Agree on the aims of the group and the purpose of the decision.
- Everyone must be pulling in the same direction.
- Allow leaders to emerge.
- Understand what information is needed and where to find it to make quality decisions.
- Assess how critical and potentially costly the decision is.
- Consider whether the team have the necessary levels of expertise, commitment, and overall appreciation of the desired outcome to ensure success.
- Understand expectations and act on them.
- Remember that involvement in the decision-making process usually generates commitment.
- Use group momentum.
- Challenge, stimulate and get the best from people.
- Ensure that a consensus is reached.
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