Decision Styles

Good decisions aren’t just about outcomes - they’re about process. Different situations demand different approaches, and teams thrive when they can flex their thinking, challenge assumptions, and draw on diverse decision-making strengths.

When organisations understand their decision-making culture, they can reduce bias, improve speed and quality of decisions, and build stronger alignment between strategy and action.

When individuals understand their decision-making preferences, they can achieve personal competitive advantage.

Improve performance by transforming how leaders and teams make decisions. Identify and optimise decision-making styles to reduce risk, avoid bias, and improve strategic execution.

BeTalent Decision Styles is the only normative questionnaire on decision-making on the Verified Register of the British Psychological Society.

Developed by leading Organisational Psychologists and tested to rigorous standards, the BeTalent Decision Styles tool reflects preference across 10 distinct decision-making styles.

The tool provides a clear, evidence-based profile of how people approach decisions — and how that approach changes under stress or ambiguity.

• Better decisions: Help leaders make faster, fairer, more effective decisions.

• Performance gains: Align decision styles with the business challenges that matter most.

• Scientifically validated results: Built on rigorous research to highlight strengths and risks.

• Trusted processes: Create transparency that builds team and stakeholder trust.

Delivery meets real-world impact:

AtkinsRéalis improved decision-making speed and accountability by applying BeTalent Decision Styles across its executive team.

Haven used BeTalent Decision Styles to enhance recruitment and succession planning, aligning leaders with business needs.

• Personal and summary reports: Visual, accessible insights that spark reflection and dialogue

• Group reporting: Spot decision-making trends across functions or leadership levels

• Development recommendations: Tailored coaching and learning pathways to improve decision capability

• Workshops and facilitation (optional): Explore decision culture and bias with expert guidance

Ideal for leadership development, culture change, or high-stakes environments, the Decision Styles tool empowers teams to make smarter, faster, and more aligned decisions.

Use BeTalent Decision Styles for:

• Executive decision-making: Improve board and leadership decision balance.

• Leadership development: Raise awareness of the impact of decision styles on the team in executive coaching sessions and facilitated team workshops.

• Team collaboration: Reduce conflict and enhance problem-solving.

• Talent assessment: Align decision-making preferences with role demands.

Improve decision-making agility, reduce bias, and drive balanced strategies.

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• Diagnostic profiling – Understand individual decision preferences.

• Awareness building – Explore how styles shape decisions and outcomes.

• Application to challenges – Test insights on live business issues.

• Integration – Embed into leadership, governance, and assessment processes.

• Designed specifically for the workplace, not adapted from academic models

• Designed, validated and tested using the BPS standards and fully verified

• Helps reduce unconscious bias and groupthink

• Enables faster, more confident decisions in complex environments

• Trusted by global businesses across industries

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