1. Annette Dubrouillet, Decision Drivers LLC
Decision Making for ECE Program Administrators:
Why Style Matters
Presented by
Annette Dubrouillet, Decision Drivers LLC
www. BestDecisionsNow.com Ph:
@decisiondrivers Decision Drivers, LLC

2. Annette Dubrouillet has been endorsed by an independent lab.
Annette has been endorsed by an independent lab.

3. Why do you care about making the best decision the first time?
Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Why do you care about making the best decision the first time?

4. “I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.”
Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
“I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.”
Yogi Berra

5. Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Types of Decisions
1. Deliberate Decisions - You are in charge of the process and the outcome.
2. Defective Decisions – You allow something or someone to totally drive your decision and that may lead to a wrong decision.

6. Three reasons we make defective decisions:
Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Three reasons we make defective decisions:
We’ve never been trained in a formal process.
We allow extraneous items/issues to drive the decision.
We have differing personality characteristics.

7. Three components of decision making:
Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Three components of decision making:
Personality Characteristics
External forces aka Decision Driver™
7-Step Process

8. Personality Characteristics
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Personality Characteristics
What kind of decision-makers do you deal with?
Open-ended
Closed-ended

9. Personality Characteristics
Decision Making: Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Personality Characteristics
Open-ended
Pros
Consider more info
Everyone gets a say
Less chance of missing options
More ownership by more people
Cons
Can take a long time
Things don’t get done
Demoralizing and stifles initiative
Can be viewed as a weak position

10. Personality Characteristics
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Personality Characteristics
Closed-ended
Pros
Can be faster
Know who’s got the monkey
Good in crisis
Good when there is no choice
Cons
Can limit initiative and ownership
Can appear autocratic
Demoralizing and stifles initiative
Can be viewed as an inflexible position

11. Personality Characteristics
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Personality Characteristics
You know they are Open-ended if they:
never come to closure
keep asking questions
change their mind after deciding
are easily swayed or influenced
want to involve lots of people
want to ponder
get stuck in “analysis paralysis”

12. Personality Characteristics
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Personality Characteristics
You know they are Close-ended if they:
don’t want discussions
never ask questions
hurry through decisions
want to “get on with it”
can’t be influenced or swayed
think they must make the decisions
think they are the best decider

13. Personality Characteristics
Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Personality Characteristics
Ways to Make Them More Effective
Open-ended Decider
Present low number of options
Know the time constraints
Present the ramifications
Lead them down the inevitable path
The “I know you’re busy” method

14. Personality Characteristics
Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Personality Characteristics
Ways to Make Them More Effective
Closed-ended Decider
Present best alternative first
Present ltd number of options
Know the ramifications
Know the time limits
The “protect your boss” method

15. Personality Characteristics
Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Personality Characteristics
What kind of decision-maker are YOU?
Open-ended
Closed-ended

16. Personality Characteristics
Why Style Matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Personality Characteristics
Ways to Make Myself More Effective
Open-ended Decider
Time limit - low number
Options limit - low number
Closed-ended Decider
Time limit - high number
Options limit - high number

17. Personality Characteristics
Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Personality Characteristics
Brain Dominance:
Will you be able to see new things?

18. Got Brains? Left-brained versus Right-Brained General principle:
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Got Brains?
Left-brained versus Right-Brained
General principle:
If you’re right-handed, you’re left-brained and if you’re left-handed you’re right-brained.

19. Left-brained versus Right-Brained
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Left-brained versus Right-Brained
General principle:
Left-brained - systematic, logical, sequential, “stay within the lines”
Right-brained - divergent thinking, Gestalt, “creative”

20. Left-brained versus Right-Brained
Decision Making: Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Left-brained versus Right-Brained
Activities to activate right brain:
Figure-ground pictures
Puzzles
Walk backwards
Brush teeth with other hand
Stand on head

22. What do these say? LE T VEL O W ROAD R AD N MAN BOARD R E A D I N G
Decision Making: Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
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ROAD
MAN
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He’s/Himself
R E A D I N G 7
DEATH/LIFE 9
M.D.
B.A.
Ph.D. 8 10
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KNEE
LIGHT

23. Three components of decision making:
Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Three components of decision making:
Personality Characteristics
External forces aka Decision Driver™
7-Step Process

24. Three components of decision making:
Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
Three components of decision making:
Personality Characteristics
Open-ended vs. Closed-ended
Left-brained vs. Right-brained.

25. e-book – “Heads Up on Head Start Decisions
Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
How to get more info:
e-book – “Heads Up on Head Start Decisions
Webinar – May 18th, 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm
“Make No Mistake: How to make the best decision the first time.”
e-blasts “Delving into Decisions”
Coffee chat (even if you drink tea)

26. Annette Dubrouillet, Decision Drivers LLC
Decision Making for ECE Program Administrators:
Why Style Matters
Presented by
Annette Dubrouillet, Decision Drivers LLC
www. BestDecisionsNow.com Ph:
@decisiondrivers Decision Drivers, LLC

27. Why style matters, © Decision Drivers, LLC
1. Driven Decisions – Someone or something forces you to decide a certain way
Time drivers
People drives
Resource drivers
2. Desperate Decisions – times drives the decision
a. Emergencies
b. Procrastination
c. Short time-line
3. Deficit Decisions – based on what has been lacking