January 20, 2022
4 Decision Making Styles and When to Use Then
We spent some time in December discussing decision making authority between the board and administration. Who gets to decide what issues? Cathy Trower offered our members a webinar on this and it is available on-demand on our members page.
I recently came across this little tool from thoughtLEADERS that I think can be additionally helpful as you navigate who owns what decisions and how they should be made. In addition to this
overview article published in December, a blog dedicated to each decision making style is being published; with the most recent being published yesterday.
Here are the 4 types of decision making styles described by thoughtLEADERS that are determined by two factors: urgency and impact.
Autocratic
For situations where you have low impact and they’re reasonably small decisions but they get larger as urgency goes up, an autocratic decision-making style is the most appropriate. Click Here for more details.
Participatory
For larger decisions where there’s higher urgency and you need to make a call soon but the impact is going to be big, you’re looking at a situation where you need to use a participatory decision-making style. Click Here for more details.
Consensus-based
For situations where it’s a large decision but there’s no urgency around it, you’ve got plenty of time. You can use a consensus based decision making style. Details on this style to be published soon.
Democratic
And last, for midsize decisions where there’s not a lot of urgency but you do need to make a decision and move on, a democratic style is the most appropriate. Click Here for more details.
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