Leaders solve problems and make sound decisions. It's what you do! The U.S. Army requires all their senior leaders to be experts in the Military Decision-Making
Process (MDMP). In this book, we have transcribed this process to meet the needs for civilian businesses and organizations. Leaders trained in the world's best process to solve problems and make sound decisions will generate more sales & profit! Learn to translate your vision into action through the lessons in this book.
We take the Army's seven step MDMP and build it out to a ten step process that includes the Army
Design Methodology (ADM). We start the book off with the need for a leader to gather information to learn about their environment. Then we cover each of the steps: 1. Identify & Frame the Problem
2. Leadership Guidance
3. Mission Analysis
4. Develop Potential Courses of Action
5. Wargaming the Potential Courses of Action
6. Define the Rating Criteria
7. Decision Matrix
8. The Decision Brief
9. Communicate the Plan
10. Execute the Plan
- Solve a problem that keeps your team from going on the attack.
- Find ways to anticipate a problem and solve it now.
- Make decisions on how to take advantage of your team's strengths.
- Make a decision on how to shore up a weakness of your team.
- Find the best way to go after opportunities and generate more sales.
- Setup your team to defend their ground against a threat.
- Improve a process to become more efficient (more profitable).
- Learn the best methods for those small decisions you make every day.
- Incorporate sound ethics in your decisions
