Here is today's quick question for you...​Who has the D?

If you’re familiar with the RAPID framework, you’ll know that the D is for Decide. I’ve seen so much time wasted, especially in cross-functional teams, because people are unsure who has the authority to make a decision. They don’t know who has the D.

Ask it when you're...

1. Establishing a cross-functional team - Understanding roles, responsibilities, and decision protocols up front will save you a lot of heartache down the track.

2. Feeling agitation among your colleagues - when frustrated by a lack of progress, team members will express, but may be unable to escape the vortex of indecision. This question may give them a path forward.

3. Making decisions with significant consequences - The weightier the decision, the greater the need for clarity on the D.

Here is today's quick question for you...​How do our values show up in our decision-making?

The quality of collective decision-making is coming up in many of my coaching conversations. Over the next 6 weeks, I’ll feature a series of questions designed to help you create the conditions for better decisions. Starting with values…

Ask it when you're...

1. Reflecting on the impact of past decisions - As an LT, your decisions send ripples throughout the organisation. People want to trust that your values are embedded in every call you make.

2. Making a hard call - The toughest decisions are often the ones that involve tension between values. Calling them out and describing how they’re showing up for each person can help navigate to an outcome.

3. Sensing groupthink - If it feels like your team is on a runaway train, pausing and anchoring back to values can help reorient the conversation.