Decision-Making Tools for Mentees to Navigate Roadblocks

In this Mentor Motivation session, ABM Full Member Emma Steenson shares her take on utilising the Decisional Balance Matrix in mentoring sessions to help her mentees navigate roadblocks and maximise their potential. Throughout this session, Emma covers an overview of this tool, how to use it, when to use it as well as a case study example. The Mentor Motivation session ends with a Q&A discussion.

Key Takeaways

• Decisional Balance Matrix: This tabular method helps your mentees sort through the pros and cons of different choices, helping them decide what to do in a certain circumstance.
• Guiding your mentee through this model can support their reflective thinking and lead them to more clarity in their decision-making process.
• This methods enables your mentee to identify major roadblocks - some they might not be consciously aware of - , weigh their importance and find solutions.
• Example applications: Changing jobs, hiring staff, exiting your business, adding a new service/product, etc.

Connect with Emma!

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/emmasteenson

Website: www.emmasteenson.com

Watch the recording of this Mentor Motivation session for more details. You can also download the slides of this Mentor Motivation session below.