Dilemma of a Senior Manager / Leader – #1
“What do you think we should do?”
“I don’t know. What do ‘YOU’ think we should do?”
“I’m not sure. Let’s go with whatever you feel is the right decision?”
Do those sound familiar ??
Indecisiveness is a habit or character trait whereby an individual tends to have trouble making decisions.
This can be related to overthinking, risk aversion, cognitive dissonance or fear of being wrong.
Good decisions don’t ensure success but bad ones almost always ensure failure.
Simply rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 ( 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest ) :
-Do you have unshakable confidence when making the big calls required of you within your role?
-Do you agonise over decisions, taking way longer than you would like?
-Do you get stuck in a cycle of seeking input, collaboration and agreement hoping to make everyone happy even when you know it’s not possible?
These scores are likely to give you a direction to a well thought and an ‘informed-decision’
Indecisiveness does more harm than taking a bad decision.
Just sitting on it won’t help. Step up and seek clarity.
Remember – #Clarity is your ‘Super-Power’ …..keep working on it.