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What’s Wrong With Your Decision-Makers At Work?
If you’ve ever worked in an office, you’ve probably heard the term “decision makers” bantered about a couple dozen times. I actually just watched this movie Get A Job with Anna Kendrick and Miles Teller, whom I love. In this movie, which really isn’t that good, Bryan Cranston — a long way from Breaking Bad here — plays Teller’s dad. Cranston loses his job but thinks he’d be a perfect fit for this other job, right? So he basically stalks the decision makers at the other job and keeps using the term “decision makers” in a creepy-ass way. It’s odd to watch, but it’s not that far off from how a lot of people talk and think about work. We’re always wondering what “the decision makers” are up to and how that’s all going to play out.
I shouldn’t have to define this for you, but the decision makers usually means … C-Suite people, SVPs, MDs, unit chiefs, silo heads, etc. Those are traditionally the decision makers in any organization, of any profit structure, with any number of employees. It’s also called hierarchy.
The whole issue and concept around decision makers is very fraught, tho. Let’s investigate.
