Once we are able to regularly get to making decisions that have impact on what is most important, we can move to Level 4 decision making. This is ultimate level of leadership decision-making that I call Leverage. Leverage is creating the environment and the opportunities for others to have an impact. This is what the
best and most successful leaders are excellent at. So, what you have here are four key levels of decision making. You start at stage 1, and when done well you move quickly through them. If you are clear and focused on what really matters, it makes it a lot easier to move to the level of impact on what really matters. Once we have the kind of clarity and focus that allows us to make an impact,we have a much better chance of creating opportunities, situations and the environment
where our people can also really make an impact. That is high impact communications skills in action.