M.O.V.E.

The Ace in Your Back Pocket

Code 1:
MUTE

Take Control and Think for Yourself (Me-Time).
A. Storyboard Your Decision

Step 1: Start with the End in Mind.
What is the problem you need to solve?
Step 2: What are your options?
Step 3: Gather all supporting data needed

B. Spot and Outsmart the 8 Traps

#1 - The Emotional and Ego Trap
#2 - The Fear Trap
#3 - The Being too Positive or Negative Trap
#4 - The Listening to too Many Opinions Trap
#5 - The Not Enough Data Trap
#6 - The too Much Data Trap
#7 - The Red Herring Trap
#8 - The Wrong Timing Trap

C. Follow Your North Star

The North Star is your GPS reminding you of both your and your company’s purpose and values.

Code 2:
ORGANIZE

Organize Your Thinking and Think Forward.

A. Map out your Decision

The Plus and Minus of your Decisions

B. Assess your Risk

Identifying, assessing, and mitigating the risk of your decision

C. Forecast and Backcast

Applied to your Financial Decision-Making 

Code 3:
VALIDATE

Validate and Check your Thinking.
The Five A's of Validation:

1. Apply the 11/11 Rule
2. Aligns with your Vision/Mission
3. Actionable (allocating resources)
4. Advisable (Asses the risk/recover)
5. Approvable (by Leaders/shareholders/partners)

Code 4:
EXECUTE

Execute on your Thinking
and Communicate.
The Five Steps of Execution:

1.  Select the team members
2. Co-create an action plan
3. Design a scoreboard
4. Review the outcomes and course correct
5. Communicate. Communicate. Communicate.