Stay or Go the Classic Dilemma
Stay or Go?
Today‘s paper (see below) reports that Jean Le Cam who had been lying third in the Vendee round the world yacht race, took the risk of leaving his upturned boat after 18 hours and swimming to safety. This incident prompts thoughts about the general principles of survival and decision making. What contributes to the decision on the classic ‘stay or go?’ question as outlined in ‘desert survival ‘scenarios? Or the more general decisions, in business, about persistence and consistency versus moving on, through a proper regard for ‘ sunk costs ‘ and a healthy attitude to good money after bad.
Don’t spend your time looking up dead donkeys arses as my boss once succinctly put it.
Are there some general principles to predict how those in business, charged with making decisions will react? David Merrill’s work on personal styles could help here. Broadly he postulates four basic styles based inevitably around a 2 x 2 matrix using the dimensions of assertiveness and responsiveness.
Assertiveness defined as ‘the degree to which one’s behaviours are seen by others as being forceful or directive’
Responsiveness defined as ‘the degree to which one is seen by others as showing emotion or demonstrating awareness of the feelings of others’
The four Styles are then as below:
Analytical- less assertiveness and less responsiveness
Positive points: industrious, persistent, exacting
Negative points: critical, stuffy and picky
(Almost certain to stay) e.g. Gordon Brown
Driving-more assertiveness and less responsiveness
Positive points: independent, decisive efficient
Negative points pushy, tough, harsh
(Almost certain to go) e.g. Alastair Campbell
Amiable – less assertiveness and more responsiveness
Positive points: supportive respectful and willing
Negative points conforming, pliable dependent
(Almost certain to stay) e.g. Jack Straw
Expressive – more assertiveness and more responsiveness
Positive points: stimulating, enthusiastic ambitious
Negative points excitable, undisciplined re-acting
(Almost certain to go) e.g. Tony Blair
Refs:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/sailing/article5462404.ece
Personal Styles and Effective Performance- David Merrill and Roger Reid
People Styles at Work- Robert and Dorothy Bolton
Today‘s paper (see below) reports that Jean Le Cam who had been lying third in the Vendee round the world yacht race, took the risk of leaving his upturned boat after 18 hours and swimming to safety. This incident prompts thoughts about the general principles of survival and decision making. What contributes to the decision on the classic ‘stay or go?’ question as outlined in ‘desert survival ‘scenarios? Or the more general decisions, in business, about persistence and consistency versus moving on, through a proper regard for ‘ sunk costs ‘ and a healthy attitude to good money after bad.
Don’t spend your time looking up dead donkeys arses as my boss once succinctly put it.
Are there some general principles to predict how those in business, charged with making decisions will react? David Merrill’s work on personal styles could help here. Broadly he postulates four basic styles based inevitably around a 2 x 2 matrix using the dimensions of assertiveness and responsiveness.
Assertiveness defined as ‘the degree to which one’s behaviours are seen by others as being forceful or directive’
Responsiveness defined as ‘the degree to which one is seen by others as showing emotion or demonstrating awareness of the feelings of others’
The four Styles are then as below:
Analytical- less assertiveness and less responsiveness
Positive points: industrious, persistent, exacting
Negative points: critical, stuffy and picky
(Almost certain to stay) e.g. Gordon Brown
Driving-more assertiveness and less responsiveness
Positive points: independent, decisive efficient
Negative points pushy, tough, harsh
(Almost certain to go) e.g. Alastair Campbell
Amiable – less assertiveness and more responsiveness
Positive points: supportive respectful and willing
Negative points conforming, pliable dependent
(Almost certain to stay) e.g. Jack Straw
Expressive – more assertiveness and more responsiveness
Positive points: stimulating, enthusiastic ambitious
Negative points excitable, undisciplined re-acting
(Almost certain to go) e.g. Tony Blair
Refs:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/sailing/article5462404.ece
Personal Styles and Effective Performance- David Merrill and Roger Reid
People Styles at Work- Robert and Dorothy Bolton
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