Empower Your Team Through Better Decision-Making with Chris Seifert

The Better Leadership Team Show

In this episode of the Better Leadership Team Show, I dive deep into leadership and decision-making with Chris Seifert, author of "Enabling Empowerment." Chris shares actionable insights on how leaders can foster a culture of effective decision-making and break free from the cycle of micromanagement. Drawing from his experience as a Navy officer, plant manager, and VP of Operations, Chris introduces a powerful decision-making framework that can transform your team’s performance. His vision is to equip leaders with transformative strategies and decision-making training to build a culture of Principled Entrepreneurship.

Highlights include:

• The root causes of micromanagement and how to overcome them.
• A six-step decision-making framework to guide leaders and teams.
• Building a culture of ownership and principled entrepreneurship.
• Practical strategies for teaching decision-making skills.

Tune in to learn how to empower your team and create a more engaged, productive organization!

👉 For more resources and insights, visit Chris Seifert’s website: www.enablingempowerment.com

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1. Empower Your Team Through Better Decision-Making with Chris Seifert (00:00:00)

2. Paralysis by Analysis: The Fear of Making the Wrong Decision (00:04:01)

3. Micromanagement: Causes and Consequences (00:06:26)

4. Breaking the Cycle of Micromanagement (00:08:31)

5. Accountability and Professional Behavior (00:12:24)

6. Identifying Micromanagement in Your Leadership Style (00:15:29)

7. Developing Effective Decision-Making Skills (00:17:37)

8. Decision Traps and How to Avoid Them (00:18:16)

9. A Framework for Better Decision Making (00:20:30)

10. Decision-Making Framework: Big vs. Small Decisions (00:23:25)

11. Scaling the Framework for Different Scenarios (00:23:30)

12. Helping People with Quick Decisions (00:24:59)

13. Teaching the Decision-Making Framework (00:27:53)

14. Empowering Employees: Challenges and Solutions (00:31:19)

15. Overcoming Micromanagement (00:35:10)