12 Steps to Making Great Business Decisions:

1 Surround yourself with an outer circle of honest stakeholders.
2 Forge partnerships with stakeholders who provide decision-support information.
3 Ask stakeholders to help you locate all relevant information for a considered decision.
4 Be diligent in collecting information and doing your homework.
5 Share critical decision-support information with your inner circle of stakeholders.
6 Get input/advice from your inner circle of stakeholders.
7 Make your decision.
8 Ask all stakeholders for their united support of your decision.
9 Execute the decision.
10 Credit everyone who contributed.
11 Track and manage the lifecycle of the decision.
12 Keep stakeholders informed and thank them all.

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