Business Decision Tool

About this tool
This tool helps you organise your thinking and explore business decisions. It provides general educational guidance, not personalised legal, tax, investment or financial advice. Calculations and guidance depend on the information and assumptions you enter. They are not forecasts, guarantees or recommendations to proceed. You remain responsible for your decisions and should seek appropriately qualified advice where needed.
More practical guidance on business decision-making
Explore our business decision-making articles for practical ways to compare options, challenge assumptions and manage risk. Whether you’re hiring, investing or planning growth, these guides will help you make more informed decisions for your small business.
Effective Problem-Solving For Small Businesses:
Introduction. In the world of business, challenges and obstacles are inevitable. Whether you're a multinational corporation or a small business with just a handful of staff, problem-solving is a crucial skill that can determine your success. Small business owners...
Decision making styles of successful business owners
There are a few fundamental skills that a business owner needs in order to build a successful business. Motivation, persistence, marketing and sales, financial skills to name a few. However, one that gets left off most lists is decision-making skills. I’ve written...
What President Eisenhower can teach us about decision making.
Have you ever pondered on why you're not getting to where you want to get to. You want to build a big successful business but it’s just not happening. You feel that you’re busy all the time, in fact, you probably never have a minute to spare. I bet that you’ve even...
Re-think, Reset, Re-start
“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein Let’s be honest if you’re in business or looking to start a business 2020 has been a tough year, perhaps one of the toughest years I can recall since the early...
Are you on the road to nowhere?
Back in the day the Talking Heads were one of my favourite bands and in particular the song “Road To Nowhere”. In the first verse, there’s a couple of lines which are:- “We know what we want, and the future is certain, give us time to work it out”. These particular...
The Myths Surrounding Decision-Making.
When I think about decision making there are a number of myths that come to mind and in this blog, I’m going to explore some of them. First of all, you might wonder why I consider decision making so important. The simple fact is that you are the composite of all the...
Are you lazy when it comes to decision making?
We all like an easy life, but there are some things in life that you just have to take seriously, particularly if you want to build a successful business. Decision making is one of those things. Making decisions is the most important job of any business owner. It’s...
We make 35,000 decisions a day, how many are good?
We make 35,000 decisions a day! According to multiple sources on the Internet, including some quite eminent sources (https://www.psychologytoday.com) the average amount of remotely conscious decisions an adult makes each day equals about 35,000. Which is an...













