Make better decisions

• Why do you feel that your hit rate needs improving?
• Is it really not as good as that of your colleagues?
• What is an acceptable percentage in your culture?
• Does it need to be 100%?
• Are you just concerned about one particular decision that did not work out?
• What is a good decision for you? Is it one that proves correct in the fullness of time?
• Or is it one that was reasonable given what you knew when you made it? Which of these is a more sensible standard?
• Are you berating yourself for not foreseeing things that you could not possibly have known in advance?
• Are you taking too much upon yourself when making important decisions rather than discussing issues fully with others?
• Is it a sign of weakness or an abdication of your role to ask others for input?

The morale of these questions is: Do you need to improve your decision making or change your attitude toward it?

Changing your attitude

• Can you pinpoint what it is in your own attitude that needs changing? What steps can you take to make this change?
• Would it help to set up a task force to look at how your organization makes decisions, to define what is acceptable and to change the culture?
• Is this a leadership opportunity for you?