Although the need for effective decision-making is ubiquitous in the workplace, in practice the failure rate of important workplace decisions is surprisingly high. This white paper discusses evidence-based strategies that can be used to improve the quality of workplace decisions in today’s data-rich but time-poor environment. We emphasize strategies that are applicable across a wide variety of workplace decisions and that are relatively simple to execute (in some cases, requiring just a few minutes). We also respond to potential objections to the use of structured decision strategies. We end with a pre-decision checklist for important decisions.

Resource Type

Research, SIOP-SHRM White Papers

Topic

Allied Organizations, Business, Leadership, SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), Workplace Culture