Gradient of Agreement
🔲 Gradient of Agreement
Collaborate to make a decision by exploring the degrees between “yes” and “no”.
A participatory decision-making activity that uses the Gradient of Agreement scale to move beyond simple “yes” or “no” thinking.
Participants have the opportunity to express a range of opinions about a proposed decision as they either work to achieve consensus when making a group decision or advise a person who will be making the final decision.
How to use this template
Prep instructions
Things you will need:
Make copies of the Gradient of Agreement Handout, the Polling Results Worksheet, and the Decision Definition Worksheet.
Activity instructions
Download our template and review the instructions.
Instruct participants to work together to make strategic decisions on specific topics.
The groups will walk through questions related to the problem to be solved.
Groups will then use the Gradient of Agreement scale to indicate their position.
Move on to the next decision using the same process.
Once all decisions have been addressed, the facilitator will instruct the decision maker to write out the final decisions on the worksheet.
