Decision Making Goals Presentation
- 1. Future Decisions/Choices How to make effective decisions? Written by Barbara Mackessy
- 2. Steps of Decision Making • 1. Define or Identify the Problem/Want/Need • 2. Gather Information about the problem, want or need (think about it) Identify ways to deal with the problem • 3. Evaluate all of the Information (pros & cons) (the good and the bad) • 4. Select Best Choice for you (select a solution) Think about the possible results of each action • 5. Take Action – Do it - Make a responsible decision • 6. Review Your Choice (would you do something different next time?) make changes if needed
- 3. Think about possible results • Is it safe to me and others? • Is it legal? • Does it show respect for self and others? • Does it follow parent’s guidelines? • Would my parents and teachers approve? • Would it help me to have a better future?
- 4. How will my decisions change my… • Personal life/social life • Leisure activities • Community atmosphere • Learning attitude • Family • Work roles • Goals • Finances
- 5. Leadership & Decisions • Good decision making is an essential skill for career, financial and personal success. • If you can learn to make timely and well- considered decisions, then you can often lead yourself into spectacular and well-deserved successes. • However, if you make poor decisions, you risk failure.
- 6. Decision Making • Do not make decisions that are not yours to make. • When making a decision you are simply choosing from among alternatives. You are not making a choice between right and wrong. • Avoid snap decisions. Move fast on the reversible ones and slowly on the non- reversible. • Do your decision making on paper. Make notes and keep your ideas visible so you can consider all the relevant information in making this decision.
- 7. Decisions • Remember that not making a decision is a decision not to take action. • Trust yourself to make a decision and then to be able to accept and handle the consequences of that decision appropriately. • Before implementing what appears to be the best choice, assess the risk by asking "What can I think of that might go wrong with this alternative ?"
- 8. Decisions • Write down the pros and cons. It clarifies your thinking and makes for a better decision. • Make decisions as you go along. Do not let them accumulate. A backlog of many little decisions could be harder to deal with than one big and complex decision. • Consider those affected by your decision. Whenever feasible, get them involved to increase their commitment. • Recognize that you cannot know with 100% certainty that your decision is correct because the actions to implement it are to take place in the future. So make it and don't worry about it.
- 9. Think about it! • You've probably been taught not to stereotype people based on race, religion or sex. • But when you make a career or business decision, do you still make decisions based on bias and stereotypes? • Remember you can be anything you want to be with the right education and training.
- 10. Decisions are made daily! • Do you use responsible decision making steps? • Do you think of the consequences before making your decisions? • How can you improve your decision making strategies?
- 11. Now, what decisions have you had to make this year? • Get in a fight or not? • Spend or save money • Yell at someone or not? • Wear a jacket or not? • Hit someone or not? • What to eat? • Fail my class or not? • When to eat? • Do my homework or not? • Bring my lunch or buy a lunch? • Get a demerit or not? • How to dress? • Run in the hall or not? • What to wear? • Be on time to class or not? • When to get up? • Get water or not? • What time to go to bed at night? • Lie to a teacher or not? • To talk in class or not? • Go hunting and kill an animal or not? • To bring all supplies to class or not? • Roll my eyes at people or not? • To run away or not? • Cuss or not? • To follow the rules or not? • Sleep in class or not? • Where to sit? • Be respectful or not? • What to watch on TV? • Make straight A’s or not? • Doing what I’m told or not? • Do my chores or not? • Cooking supper to surprise mom or not? • Do my class work or not? • To behave in school or not? • Study for my test or not? • To pay attention or not? • Have a good attitude or not? • To participate in activities or not? • Be kind to others or not? • To do my project or not? • Be careful or not? • Have appropriate attitude or not? • Listening and following instructions or not? • Read 25 books or not? • Working harder or not? • Take responsibility for my pets or not? • Turning in all of my work or not? • Use my agenda every day or not?
- 12. Those decisions were really your goals for the year. • Read 25 books or not to read 25 books • I will read 25 books this year at home to make sure that I meet the reading standard for my grade level.
- 13. Decision making linked to goals • Now think about yourself, what decision or goals have you set for yourself for the next few weeks? • Make a list of two goals that you plan to do within the next month. • Now use the steps of decision making to make sure that you are making the correct decision in both of those goals. • Show your work for each step of the decision making in relations to both goals. • This will be your assessment for your grade today.