How To Be a More Decisive Leader
A liberating and empowering truth I’ve learned in my 25 years as a leader in military, corporate, and volunteer settings is that the quality of a decision is often less important than how timely it is made.
This concept has been confirmed by the results of a Harvard Business Review study which stated:
“A wrong decision may be better than no decision at all.”
Of course, quick horrible decisions aren’t good either so a leader must also possess the skill to collect relevant information promptly to make the decision a reasonably sound one.
The first step in decisiveness is to not allow yourself to be paralyzed by the notion of perfection. The fear of not attaining perfection or making mistakes can paralyze a leader into inaction that is much more damaging to morale and forward movement than almost any other reasonable action would be.
The realization of this truth can give a leader confidence to move forward in the cloud of ambiguity which often accompanies decisiveness.
Here are a few more ways to be a more decisive leader.
