How clear is your decision-making authority?

Our reader poll today asks: How clear are decision-making authority and decision rights in your organization?

– Crystal clear — everyone knows who gets to make which call: 21%
– Pretty clear — there’s some confusion as to who makes the call: 46%
– Hazy — we’re usually not sure whose call it is: 24%
– Mud — no one has any idea who gets to make which call: 10%

Who’s calling the shots? From the looks of it, many of you need to clarify decision-making rights in your organization. If more than 30% of you aren’t clear on who makes decisions, then invariably decisions don’t get made, or confusion and frustration set in when they do. Even for those in the “pretty clear” group, it’s still not good enough to have confusion over who makes the calls. If you can clarify decision-making authority, your organization will move more quickly, experience less frustration and spend more time executing than figuring out what you should be doing.

Do you agree with these poll results?  Let us know in the comments below!

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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These results were originally a SmartPulse poll in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks feedback from more than 190,000 business leaders. Get smarter on leadership and sign up for the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.