How to Solve Problems Anyone who has been in a management position even briefly knows that easily eighty percent of your job is handling problems as they arise. The most effective leader will seek out problems before they occur. But effective problem solving requires more than just the ability to anticipate problems and willingness to take charge and offer solutions.
Problem solving is a complex process.
Strong leaders learn this quickly. It's good to think of a problem as your opportunity to exercise certain skills and thus challenge yourself, but problem is an old word with definite meanings that apply to work, home and many other facets of life. For the sake of your own gratification it's good to remember that some things you've had to solve in the past were real problems. Problem solving is a process involving the coordination of knowledge, experience, attitude, intuition, and abilities. By generating a variety of options, the process develops a solution to address and eliminate an existing problem within an organization.