334. What Your Team Needs When You Don't Know What Comes Next | Dave Sanderson

When things go wrong, nobody cares about your title. They care whether you can make the call.

Dave Sanderson was the last passenger off Flight 1549, the Miracle on the Hudson, where he and 154 other people had just six minutes to work together to survive. He's spent the years since turning what happened that day into a repeatable way to make decisions. Today, he works with leaders who have to act fast when the stakes are high, usually without every answer in hand.

In this episode, you will learn:

Three ways to maintain your state in a crisisHow much information you really need to make a callDave's ASSESS framework for making a decision quicklyWhat leaders lose when they freeze instead of making a callHow to build connections that lead to collaborationWhat happens to your team when you step in too often

Topics discussed:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:45) Miracle on the Hudson

(03:37) Turning Uncertainty Into Certainty

(05:07) Keeping Your Head Under Pressure

(11:34) How Much Info Is Enough?

(13:52) Trust vs. Competence

(17:20) Networking vs. Collaboration