Decision-making vs. Decision-getting

October 21, 2009

“If you can’t get people committed to what you are trying to do, you can’t get it done.”

                                                                                           Carly Fiorina, former HP CEO, October 12, 2009

More than ever before, these difficult economic times require efficient management and effective leadership. We believe that efficient management is all about “decision-making” while effective leadership requires the skill of “decision-getting”.

For more than 30 years, the partners at The PAR Group have helped individuals and organizations enhance their ability to get well-informed, committed decisions. Our Executive Coaching services provide the one-on-one attention senior executives expect and require to align their human capital in a way that permits the successful execution of their strategies in order to reach their business objectives. Our leadership applications help those companies with existing strength at the executive level, leverage that decision-getting skill throughout the ranks to achieve even greater business results.

While many are expecting the economy to turn around in the short term, what if it doesn’t? What if it gets worse over the next three years? Do you and your organization have the skill to “get it done” in a worsening economy?

In a short conversation we can show you how to minimize your risk in the short term and maximize your potential gain in the long term.  It may be the most productive thirty minutes of your time today. You decide.


by: Patrick Malone, Sr. Partner at The Par Group

 

The Devil You Say ... Playing the Devils Advocate

October 12, 2009

It’s happened to all of us. You have an idea, which on the surface looks like it has merit, so you decide to share it with your co-workers. That’s when it happens. That’s when the devil’s advocate suddenly appears out of nowhere, and you cringe at the words, “Let me play devil’s advocate….”

When someone says, “Let me play devil’s advocate,” what that person is really saying is, “Let me ridicule and pick at your idea in front of everyone.” People who play devil advoc...


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