What are the only have-tos in life?

What are the only have-tos in life?

The answer is simple and perhaps, more fundamental than you might think. They are that:

1. You have to occupy physical space.

2. You have to die at some point.

The rest, believe it or not, is a choice.

We often hear people say. 'I have to pay the bills', 'I have to go to work' and many other have to's, some of which may have come to mind when you considered the question above. In fact, these are all choices. Accepted, the consequence of choosing not to do them may be highly unpalatable but they are choices, nonetheless.

A choice is simply a decision, involving the consideration of options and their consequences. That being so, everything we do and face in our lives involves us in the decision making process, be that at home, at work or at play.

Recognising the importance and impact of decision making, it is surprising how little attention we give to understanding and improving our ability to make decisions.

The decision profile is a questionnaire based, psychometric tool which facilitates this, giving you a detailed understanding of how you approach decision making and the relative importance you attach to Risk, Decisiveness and Luck, the key influencers in decision making. Uniquely, it also explores the extent to which you experience and incorporate intuition into your decision making.

The Decision Profile supports work at the individual, group and organisational level and is augmented by options to engage in individual, team and organisational development interventions, to better understand and improve the entire decision-making process.

To find out how the Decision Profile can improve your, your teams or organisation's decision making and consequent performance, DECIDE to contact us at info@thompsondunn.com.

What are we doing and how are we doing it?

What are we doing and how are we doing it?

Here we are at the start of a new decade and we wish all our clients, licensees, partners and colleagues the very best for 2020 - and beyond!

The Decision Profile Team have been working hard to meet the new decade with a series of updates and upgrades to our product and service offering… 

Are you really, really sure?

Are you really, really sure?

In 1964 Bob Dylan sang the immortal line ‘for these time’s they are a changin’. Fast forward 55 years and fly across the Atlantic ocean to the United Kingdom, we encounter 2019 and another epoch of ‘changin’ times’ where political and societal uncertainty predominates.

The British people’s vote to leave the European Union has resulted in over two years of negotiation and wrangling, to the point where there is still no clear plan of action as to what the future relations between the UK and EU will be. Exactly what will happen next is still emerging.

The data we have gathered from over 1,600 assessments of individual decision-making suggests that being ‘decisive’ is much more complex than making firm or quick decisions. In fact, 55% of those assessed prefer to reverse or modify decisions they have previously made.

So you think you're decisive? speedy decisions, private panic

So you think you're decisive? speedy decisions, private panic

As a practising Consultant Occupational Psychologist at Thompson Dunn Ltd, experts in individual, group and organisational decision making, I am often asked to assess, baseline and develop decision making talent in many different organisations across multiple diverse industries around the world.

Just as a certain family might have particular ways of interacting and doing things, certain groups and organisations often have particular decision making behaviours, preferences and cultures that are characterised by the profiles of individuals they recruit, the teams they form and the talent they choose to develop…

How can psychology assist in Mergers and Acquisitions such as the proposed $100 billion AB InBev and SABMiller brewing deal?

How can psychology assist in Mergers and Acquisitions such as the proposed $100 billion AB InBev and SABMiller brewing deal?

Those of us who have been involved in large-scale Mergers and Acquisitions are well aware of the risk to the businesses and profitability when employees of both companies feel uncertain about their own and the company’s future. As words like ‘customer’ disappear from the company conversation and are replaced by anxiety and questions like “will I have a job after all this?” then it is definitely time to take action.

At Thompson Dunn, we believe that the Decision Profile is an invaluable tool to assist CEOs and change leaders at these crucial moments in time. Merging two quite disparate corporate cultures and ensuring that the ensuing merged entity has a common ‘language’ and understanding, is a complex and difficult challenge. However, tackled it needs to be!