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Managerial governance and decision making

In projects, and in the day-to-day running of the business, the ability of managers at all levels to make well informed, well thought through, and timely decisions is a critical success factor for maintaining momentum and focus. Decisions taken in haste, without consideration of all stakeholder interests, or after lengthy delays can cause disruption to the work and disaffection of staff.

There are two important capabilities which organisations develop to ensure that they

make the right decisions at the right time. The first is a system of governance which ensures all stakeholder interests are factored into decisions - transparently. The second is a structured approach to decision making which is based on principles of ethics and which over time becomes second nature.

Our experience in large, time critical, programs involving hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, provides us with a set of principles and techniques for designing effective governance structures and decision making frameworks. Our approach is based on an ethical decision making framework which aims to reach the best possible outcome recognising the interests of all stakeholders.

Example scenarios :

• Establishing a governance model for a joint venture.
• Establishing a governance model for a large program spanning multiple business units with discrete P&L accountabilities.

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"Management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them."

Paul Hawken, Growing a Business