The decisive way to make good decisions

"The price of greatness is responsibility" - Winston Churchill.

Great leaders and organizations need to bear greater responsibilities for their customers, employees, shareholders, business partners and societies.

Above all these responsibilities is the responsibility to make responsible decisions - especially in leading the team and organization to make high quality and responsible decisions repeatedly.

The modern manager faces a bewildering range of challenges every single day. His or her ability to make critical decisions, often under pressure, can directly determine the future success of the company and his or her career. It is therefore surprising that so few managers take the time to learn the art of making decisions.

In this groundbreaking book from Caroline Wang, readers will learn that quality decision-making is a competence that can be acquired according to a simple framework.

The framework is practical and easy to remember, consisting of two acronyms: GPA and IPO.

GPA, for decision content quality, stands for goal, priority, alternatives. IPO, for decision process quality, stands for information, people, objective reasoning.

The book places emphasis on leading a team to make decisions, although the framework can be used for personal and individual decisions.

(China Daily 10/18/2010 page17)