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This is Laura.

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Today's tip is to determine who needs to be involved in a decision.

Then, trust that person or those people to make the decision.

And don't slow things down by involving others who don't have the time, the interest, or the insights.

As I have studied how people spend their time at work, I am continually amazed at how much time

is consumed by meetings. People can literally be in meetings all day long back to back. That is one thing

if you are leading the whole organization and every meeting requires a decision from you.

But I am guessing that is not what is going on with a lot of meetings. Some are just misplaced methods of accountability. You have a meeting

to make sure people are still working on your project amid all the other meetings. But others are

about reaching decisions, which is the point of a meeting, but these are meandering and ineffective,

because way more in people are involved than need to be. And I get it, people like inclusive cultures. We don't want to have

clicks like in the middle school cafeteria. Everyone is welcome at the table. There is also truth to the fact that diverse

perspectives can sometimes lead people to make better decisions, because a diverse group of people

probably won't all share the same blind spots. But that doesn't mean everyone needs to be involved in every decision. Instead,

it is often wise to streamline decisions and only involve the people who really know and care about it.

You can see how this might be true in your personal life if your family plans to get a new TV.

But you don't watch a lot of TV.

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