Identify your legitimacy strategy
All decisions are defendable as and when you see them as
legitimate.You have to think about your decision again and again: what
objective, what principle does the decision correspond to? What
does it defend? What would questioning it mean? What would be
the pros and cons?
Explain your choices … up to a certain point
A contested choice is often a misunderstood choice. This is why
informing your partners, communicating what needs communicating, and
adopting a pedagogical attitude are as important as the
choice itself. Nevertheless, once the decision has been made and
the explications given there is no need to justify it.
Create the conditions so that the choice is the right one
Once a choice has been made there are still important things to
do: how do you make the decision the 'right' one? What must you pay
attention to? How do you coordinate if needed? What should
be the follow up?