{"id":42960,"date":"2015-08-27T18:07:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T12:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/?p=42960"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:13:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:43:26","slug":"consensus-decision-making-4-steps-to-an-informed-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/consensus-decision-making-4-steps-to-an-informed-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Consensus decision making &#8211; 4 steps to an informed decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever there is an important decision to be made, it is always advisory to take a general response. Even with your diagnosis, you prefer a second opinion. In the same way, the field of HR also demands to be heard in numbers. Be it a project, an issue, any objection or any decision, every leader wants to maximize the support and consensus. That brings us to our topic- Consensual decision making.<\/p>\n<p>What this means is that the HR must take into consideration individual voices and not the views of a group or community and try to get affirmation from majority of individuals. Such a framework ensures certain things like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Equality among the employees, everyone will have one vote with equal weight.<\/li>\n<li>Transparency and consensus in office place.<\/li>\n<li>Minority people who hesitate or do not get the opportunity to express their opinions are heard.<\/li>\n<li>Satisfaction and support regarding any major policy.<\/li>\n<li>Better and more innovative ideas are put forward in general consensus.<\/li>\n<li>The burden of the decision gets distributed, no one person but the whole group is accountable for the choice and thus better decisions are made.<\/li>\n<li>Expertise is provided by different people from different positions and industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How can we ensure a general consensus? Here are a few tips-<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Distinguish the urgent and important matters in a meeting where everyone of relevance is present.<\/li>\n<li>Prefer voting or count so that there is no ambiguity.<\/li>\n<li>Form clear consensus checkpoints like 2\/3rd or 50%.<\/li>\n<li>Promote active listening and debating rather than directly jumping to solutions and conclusions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>What not to do at a general consensus meeting?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not invite people with no relevance to the motion, eg. people from different fields or who are unrelated to the issue or problem.<\/li>\n<li>Do not let the minority club together and dominate.<\/li>\n<li>No veto power should be handed to anyone.<\/li>\n<li>Do not ignore a particular group or community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With these things in mind, you can also get a clear yes or no on any situation at hand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/Human-Resources\">Click here for government certification in Human Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever there is an important decision to be made, it is always advisory to take a general response. 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