Acting Decisively
39mBeginner2021-08-10
Authors
Dorie Clark
Professor of Business Administration and Published Author
Course details
Whatever your role—whether you're a manager or an individual contributor—acting decisively is a key skill. As a manager, your employees need clarity about your team's overall strategic direction, as well as what you want and expect from them. As an employee, what gets you noticed and recognized is your ability to act and produce results. In this course, career expert Dorie Clark helps you overcome the roadblocks to decisive action, get the information you need, and determine when it's appropriate to act—or conversely, when it's better to hold off until you know more. She also discusses how to find the courage to act decisively under challenging circumstances.
Skills covered
Personal DevelopmentProfessional DevelopmentOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Decide with speed and conviction
- 02 - Acting decisively is a key skill
1. Choosing When to Act
- 03 - Overcome blocks to decisive action
- 04 - Get the information you need to decide
- 05 - Embrace the mindset of action
- 06 - Avoid being impulsive
- 07 - A framework for action
2. The Courage to Act
- 08 - Double-check your decisions
- 09 - Be decisive in difficult circumstances
- 10 - How and when to revisit your decisions
- 11 - What to do if you've made the wrong decision
- 12 - Develop the habits of action
Conclusion
- 13 - Acting decisively as a way of life