How
I make decisions
by: Maurice L Bonamigo, August 2005
You can't be a preacher if you don't know the Bible!
On a close play, you always have to sell the call. You have to give a little
bit more motion -Bingo! If they can see the action, it makes you look more
sure of yourself, that you have nailed it.
One can not let his personal feelings dictate their decisions. Ultimately,
what I consider most when making a decision is the impact my ruling will
have on a project. It is always easy to make the popular decision but often
it is more difficult to make the correct decision.
When training leaders,
I always stress to the clients that they are there to make the decisions,
so figure it out.
When you have the responsibility to make the decisions,
just make them. When you have to make a decision about someone's future
or any other businesslike decision, you should not let anybody rush you.
In the battlefield of the business world, you sometimes do not have a lot
of time to gather opinions. You must assess the environment and make a decision
based on your experience and training. You react instinctively.
In the real
world, we have to remember that it is better to be doing something than to
be doing nothing. If one stays where he is, he is always in a the position
where the competitor wants you to be. If you start doing something, you are
changing the rules of the game.
The most effective decision may be the least
predictable one. The ideas of flexibility, authority, and responsibility are leadership terms that apply from the bottom of the ladder to all the
way up to the CEO.
In today's world, cell phones and email are not healthy
tool for growing leaders. Before cell phones and e-mail messages were invented, your employer would be away and the next person in line would have to make a decision. It was either
right or wrong, but either way, a subordinate would have to accept responsibility.
One learned and grew from that. Now days it is to easy to call for advice.
Senior leaders have to start learning to let their employees make executive
decisions.
