Better Decisions
Written by Mitch McCrimmon
- 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?
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