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This is a list of questions to check our decision making.
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| Do I want to die on this hill? | |
| - Pass: This is morally good and if not handled has long term consequences | |
| - Fail: This if self serving | |
| Am I including everyone? | |
| - Pass: My ego is not driving this conversation | |
| - Fail: The people in this conversation will only tell me I'm right and not push back | |
| Am I hiding something? | |
| - Pass: The information, though painful, is known to all | |
| - Fail: Yes | |
| Is there transparency here? | |
| - Pass: The team agrees on context | |
| - Fail: Hidden missalignment (test: what do we align on) | |
| Am I being curious? | |
| - Pass: I'm asking questions that make me unconfortable, and I'm comfortable being wrong | |
| - Fail: I want my way | |
| Is my team afraid to tell me things? | |
| - Pass: They freely and continually come to me with answers and information that they know I will not like | |
| - Fail: They go to each other or people outside the team with the information, and telling me what they think I want to hear | |
| Am I only communicating with the same people over and over? | |
| - Pass: My sphere of influence is diverse. I feel comfortable talking with anyone on the team | |
| - Fail: I continually consult the same individuals (test: do I have an enterage?) | |
| Do I feel insecure? | |
| - Pass: I feel empowered and am willing to take feedback and risks regardless of the outcome as it's good for the company and the customer | |
| - Fail: I retreat, I am not comfortable, I am not giving up the information becuase I am scared of what people will think | |
| Can my team do the job I hired them to do? | |
| - Pass: The team ships outcomes efficiently | |
| - Fail: The team is not empowered and often stalls (test: do I often have to intervene?) | |
| Are you scratching an itch? | |
| - Pass: This is a problem that's bigger than myself | |
| - Fail: It may feel good to solve this problem but only for myself and temporarily |
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