Fostering a Culture of Conscious Decision-Making

As a leader in your company, it is inevitable to be faced with various situations that requires you to make decisions and solve problems. From ever-evolving nature of the industry, the complexity of organizational structures, to diverse stakeholders demands, every decision you make significantly impacts company’s performance. Furthermore, these decisions shape your reputation as a leader. 

A leader who excels in decision-making will:

1. Make decisions based on data and factual information. 
2. Collect all the necessary information to make a decision. 
3. Use active listening and empathy when seeking perspectives from others.
4. Recognize the importance of timing in making decisions promptly. 
5. Evaluate the impact and risks of the decision.

Beyond simply making decision, it is essential to do it consciously. Conscious decision-making is a process to analyze, evaluate and decide on a matter in a considerate way, putting forward empathy.. Instead of relying only on intuition, conscious decision-making involves a holistic perspective of the organization and its people, while also considering the context of each situation and how it may impact others. 

There are practical steps involved in conscious decision-making. These steps include:  

1. Acknowledging and separating thoughts, emotions, and facts when facing a problem is the crucial step to being more conscious in making a decision
2. Analyzing the potential causes of the problem by consciously using divergent thinking, a process of thinking broadly to obtain various points of view, solutions by focusing on various ideas and possibilities.. 
3. After finding various possibilities, seek the root of the problem using convergent thinking, a  process of thinking that focuses to deduce and reach a well-defined problem statement.
4. Consciously switching back to divergent thinking to produce ideas and solutions to the problem as many as you can then using convergent thinking to filtering existing ideas and consider their short, medium, and long-term impacts. 
5. Seeking feedback on existing ideas to reduce cognitive bias, which is the thoughts in your subconscious mind that influence your judgment and decision-making. Feedback from others will give you space to reanalyze your ideas. 
6. Estimating your probability of success and eventually making a decision.

With conscious decision making, a leader can increase the quality of decision and build confidence in team.

Recognizing the importance of consciousness in decision-making, you can practice this skill with the help of an HR consultant. Through mnd-hub‘s decision making training, as a part of Development service, you can learn how to make better decisions through a conscious approach. Gain insights from our experts now! Contact mnd-hub representative via WhatsApp at +62-817-1717-0899 or fill out the following form for more information.