If a decision has to be made and you are responsible for presenting the situation to your team members, it goes without saying that good preparation will help. Not only to master your subject, but also to determine the most effective way to present your proposal so that the team will achieve its objectives. It’s not about bringing in all the facts in detail to support your point. If they are confused, if you don’t guide them to the point, then the chances of reaching the right decision in the optimal time are slim.

And if you are the person being presented with a case, then your preparation is also essential to ensure that the time spent together is used to debate and properly assess the situation, rather than simply reading about it.

It is therefore everyone’s responsibility to ensure that the team’s time and effort is invested in avoiding inefficiencies as much as possible.

And to do that, you first need to check if the topics you bring to the team’s attention are appropriate.