Making decisions

MAKING DECISIONS

Word Cloud

What is the hardest type of decision to make?

Discuss the questions with a partner
1 What’s the most important decision you’ve made in your career so far? How did you make it? 

2 Have you ever made a decision you regretted? What did you learn from it? 

3 What’s more challenging for you: making quick decisions or long-term ones? Why? 
4 What tools or strategies do you use to make decisions in your job?

5 How often do you collaborate with others to make decisions at work? How does teamwork influence the process? 

6 Can you think of a time when a team decision didn’t go as planned? What happened, and why? 

Decide 

Choose 

Analyze 

Consider 

Prioritize 

Evaluate 

Identify 

Resolve 

Weigh 

Look at the vocabulary below. Discuss any words you are not sure about.

Choice 

Alternative 

Options 

Priority 

Consequence 

Outcome

Judgment 

Compromise 

Insight 

Obstacles 

Match

Match the following phrases with their definitions

• the advantages and disadvantages of something, especially something that you are considering doing

• to think imaginatively using new ideas instead of traditional or expected ideas

• be unable to decide about something

• a choice or judgement that is difficult to make especially one involving only two options

• follow your intuition

the pros and cons

think outside the box

be in two minds

a tough call

trust your gut

• the pros and cons

• think outside the box

• be in two minds

• a tough call

• trust your gut

Discuss the following

1 What factors make some decisions particularly difficult for you? 

2 Do you think having more choices makes it easier or harder to decide? Why? 

3 What strategies do you use when you’re stuck and can’t make a decision?

Discuss the following
1 What steps do you usually follow when making an important decision? 

2 Do you think decision-making is more about following a logical process or relying on intuition? Why? 

3 What challenges do you face when trying to make a well-thought-out decision? 

We use prefixes to change meanings.
Many prefixes change the meaning of the word to the opposite of the original meaning.
The most common prefixes are

anti-	dis-	il-	im-
in-	ir-	mis-	over-
un-	under-	out-	de-
re-