How to make better decisions under uncertainty and pressure ? Saving Changes...
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Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Improve control over your emotions. Uncertainty and pressure create fear and suppress rational thinking.
Emotional self-management is one of four cornerstones of Emotional Intelligence and can be learned. It is important to improve your self awareness first, then you can identify your emotions better, know about your sweat spots and develop behaviors to control them.
Yoga and meditation are helpful, strong values and beliefs (supporting your decisions) and a focus on the moment (never look back and don't try to control the future, you can't). Panta Rhei (or que sera, sera).
Project managers in the core are giving others certainty. They must be able to give it to themselves. Saving Changes...
Tamer Zeyad SadiqAssistant Cost Manager| Turner & TownsendRiyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
Good question and reality!!! First of all, come down, take easy without taken tension, collect all data and requirements, analyze the situation, consult the stakeholder like top management, generate options,..etc. as problem solving and conflict resolutions techniques!!!! Saving Changes...
Guilherme CalobaProduction Engineer| PETROBRASRio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
I really think we don't fare well under pressure. I'd recommend you anther book "Thinking, fast and slow" by Daniel Kanneman, where he describes the existence of "two brains", and how we tend to be caught on bias, fight-or-flight and many other things. Reading Jeb Blount's books on objections and engaging people in sales business, it is always good to pause for a moment before you give that automatic, passionate response, which is something we always tend to do under pressure. Use the ledge strategy, an automatic phrase to gain some time and let your concious, rational self kick in again. Something like "I understand your point". "I can see why you think this way". "What you said right now is quite interesting". It helps to reduce the momentum and tip the scales towards the middle again.
I really think we don't fare well under pressure. I'd recommend you anther book "Thinking, fast and slow" by Daniel Kanneman, where he describes the existence of "two brains", and how we tend to be caught on bias, fight-or-flight and many other things. Reading Jeb Blount's books on objections and engaging people in sales business, it is always good to pause for a moment before you give that automatic, passionate response, which is something we always tend to do under pressure. Use the ledge strategy, an automatic phrase to gain some time and let your concious, rational self kick in again. Something like "I understand your point". "I can see why you think this way". "What you said right now is quite interesting". It helps to reduce the momentum and tip the scales towards the middle again.
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