Dynamics of diversity drive attention towards decisions and how they are negotiated.

There is a paradox to consider: While decisions steps are central to your management authority, there is limited information within success stories and case studies about these details.

This situation becomes problematic when there are ranges of cultural expectations. In contrast, exploring how to make decisions by being attentive to diverse views adds power and analytical skill to your management performance.

Important questions to think about as you post to Conference Six: You can observe important lessons about your decision/negotiating process by looking at a memorable or a "turning point" event in which you recall a decision and how it was negotiated (or not).

In what ways was that decision effective? Was the decision negotiated?

Why or why not? Would that process have worked more effectively if there had been diverse viewpoints?