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inside and outside the organization; methodically analyzing situa-
tions and probing for the underlying root causes of issues; detect-
ing inaccuracies and flaws in both your own reasoning and that of
others; specifying the decision-making criteria with which to eval-
uate alternative courses of action; being able to accept and inte-
grate information that doesn’t support your own ideas or your
preferred choice of action; and anticipating and weighing the
impact of the decision on the organization’s systems, structure,
processes, and resources.

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Component 5: Using Your Heart by
Listening to Yourself and Others
This includes getting buy-in for decisions from key stakeholders,
even when doing so takes additional time; seeking advice and
input from others and factoring their reactions into your deci-
sions; anticipating and weighing the potential impact of a deci-
sion on individuals and on groups such as employees, leaders,
work groups, customers, and vendors; helping people feel that
they are part of the decision-making process; being responsive
to people’s actual or anticipated feelings about decisions and
developing constructive ways to respond to these; and making
decisions that are congruent with both your own and the orga-
nization’s core values.

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Component 6: Using Your Gut by
Trusting Your Instincts
This includes resolving problems efficiently and removing obsta-
cles quickly; making timely and effective decisions, even when
deadlines require that the decision be made with incomplete infor-