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Strong leaders know how to make good decisions — All the Way Leadership Blog
A few months ago I wrote about the fact that strong leaders make good decisions for their teams. The next series of blogs will describe in more detail how to make a good decision. This month we will begin with a simple process to use for making decisions.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
President Theodore Roosevelt
Some leaders are not good when it comes to making decisions
Years ago, I worked for a leader who did not know how to make good decisions. In fact, he struggled to make any decisions. Our team spent hours, days, and weeks waiting for this leader to make decisions so that we could move forward. The organization put this leader in charge of an important project. He waffled with every decision. This leader did not know what he was doing and we did not deliver. It was a painful experience for all of us and did not end well for this leader.
