Decision Making Pre Work Assignment Leadership Waukesha County

Decision Making Pre Work Assignment Leadership Waukesha County – Decision Making 2021 Lakeside Consulting, LLC

Prep for Break Out Session - (5) Groups • During our session, we will break out in to (5) separate groups. • Each group member will be asked to share a situation that they had to deal with around their group’s topic. • The break out session will last approximately 20 minutes. • Each group will summarize their answers or thoughts back to the entire cohort. (5 min each). Leadership Waukesha County – Decision Making 2021 Lakeside Consulting, LLC

Each Group (1 -5) to Discuss One of the Following Questions: 1. Where opinions differ on a) the source of the problem, b) reasonable options, and c) available resources, who makes the call? 2. Why do sacred cows exist? Where do they come from and why are they protected? 3. If you see an “obvious” solution, how do you make sure it is considered? 4. If a decision turns out to be poor (lost money, wasted resources, missed the problem entirely), how do we make sure NOT look for a person/team to blame? 5. How can we be sure we learn from the mistake? Is there a process? Leadership Waukesha County – Decision Making 2021 Lakeside Consulting, LLC

Pre Work Assignment Summary • Please read the (5) question and give some thought to each of them. • Specifically, spend some time reflecting on when you were faced with this situations and what you did to deal with them. • Robyn will randomly create the groups so you will want to have given some thought to each of the (5) questions. Leadership Waukesha County – Decision Making 2021 Lakeside Consulting, LLC