{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6195077c8699fb0013a1c9bc/6a7dba8a91cf66ecf8fe55a9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#208 The Decision that Takes Six Months Instead of Six Weeks","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6195077c8699fb0013a1c9bc/1786624483262-b8d433ac-83d3-4b71-b8be-64378f71276c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Why can a straightforward business decision take six months when everyone involved agrees it should happen?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Financial Judgement, Lesley Thomas walks through a real-world example of a leadership team that took six months to approve an opportunity that could reasonably have been decided in six weeks. Month by month, she shows how every delay had a perfectly valid reason, yet the decision gradually shifted from an active opportunity to an item that simply remained on the agenda.</p><p><br></p><p>Lesley explores what happens when financial pressure makes leaders slightly more likely to ask one more reasonable question and slightly less likely to push for a conclusion. The result is not disagreement or obstruction. It is a series of small delays that quietly change the outcome and ultimately cost the business more.</p><p><br></p><h2>You'll learn:</h2><ul><li>How a decision can move from an active opportunity to a repeatedly delayed agenda item.</li><li>Why every individual delay can be reasonable while the overall pattern becomes costly.</li><li>How financial pressure makes leaders more cautious without making them openly opposed.</li><li>Why better information does not always lead to a different decision.</li><li>How delays can mean businesses eventually get a worse version of the decision they originally wanted to make.</li><li>Why no one person in the leadership team sees the complete pattern.</li><li>A simple question to ask when someone requests more analysis before making a decision.</li><li>How to identify the longest-running decision on your own leadership team's agenda.</li></ul><p><br></p><h2><strong>📝 The Practical Exercise</strong></h2><p>Take the decision that has appeared on your leadership team's agenda for the longest.</p><p>Go back through the meetings where it appeared and write down, in one line, why it wasn't decided each time. Then look at all those reasons together.</p><p>Every reason will probably be real. The important thing is to look at the pattern rather than each reason individually.</p><p><br></p><p>If you want to estimate what that delayed decision has already cost your business, use the Hidden Tax Calculator below.</p><h2><br></h2><h2>Resources</h2><p>🧮 Hidden Tax™ Calculator</p><p><a href=\"https://lesleyathomas.kartra.com/page/hiddentaxcalculator-interest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://lesleyathomas.kartra.com/page/hiddentaxcalculator-interest</a></p><p><br></p><p>🔗 Connect with Lesley on LinkedIn</p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesley-thomas\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesley-thomas</a></p><p><br></p><p>📩Email</p><p>lesley@themoneyconfidenceacademy.com</p><p><br></p><p>If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to follow <em>Financial Judgement</em> so you never miss an episode.</p><p><br></p><p>New episodes are released weekly!</p>","author_name":"Lesley Thomas"}