Once you're clear about your overall goals, you'll need to determine your process for making best decisions. Consider creating a checklist for yourself or your team to help you make business decisions more easily.
For example, when determining the kind of work, new business projects or market you will pursue, list the criteria that is most important.
Possibilities include:
__Long term potential to develop additional business
__Short term potential to help cash flow
__Strong profitability
__Challenging work
__High visibility project/Better exposure
__Work that is aligned with our key priorities
__Work that represents our core expertise
__Work that is enjoyable, even fun
__The opportunity to learn something new
__The opportunity to work with a great team
__Meaningful work that will make a significant impact
These are simply examples. Develop your own unique checklist.
If working with a team, involve your team members in creating the checklist to assure agreement on how best decisions will be made. Prioritize your criteria so you know the most important factors to
consider in the decision making process.
Doing this exercise now will make the process easier when you're faced with decisions to make down the road. It avoids the "What was he thinking?" response. Your team will already know.
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