INSPIRATIONAL MUSINGS 19 If You Want to Be a Leader You Have to Make Quick and Right Decisions

— Harvey Cox

We are all leaders in our own right, once someone or a group of people look up to you for leadership and direction, that automatically qualifies you to be
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called a leader, that is why this topic is relevant for all.

Decision making is about the toughest aspect of leadership. Whether you are a politician, business owner, public administrator, parent, coach, school administrator, religious leader and the likes.

How you make quick decisions as the individual in charge will determine how your followers will respect and trust your sense of judgement. The greatest burden in making quick decisions is the correctness of those decisions, you won't say just because you have to make quick decisions as a leader then you are at liberty to make wrong decisions, NO! Your followers won't pardon you,

history wont forgive you. I feel the speed versus correctness of decision making is what separates a good leader from a bad leader. A leader can be pardoned for his or her actions but what leaders will continue to get the stick for are their inactions. Making quick decisions is one of the attributes of the most successful political leaders and entrepreneurs in the world. If we all are quick in decision making, if we all don't dither in getting the small and big things done, then we will all be successful leaders in our own right.

Please picture a commander-in-chief and president of a nation who has to attend to foreign matters as it affects the country he or she governs, attend to military issues, health, education, food sufficiency, industrial growth, infrastructural development, human rights, rule of law etc. Do you think an individual of this type will have the luxury of time to dilly dally when decisions need to be made? Or quick actions that are required in any guise or form? Your guess will be good as mine I think.

Every day, questions keep popping up on how people can become more effective in decision making, many business leaders continue to try to get their staff to imbibe the culture of effi behind.ciency through decision making, it seems to be such an arduous task because everything seems to be revolved around the process of making decisions. To start a business, you have to decide quickly on whether to start at all or how soon you intend to start. To change your car, a quick decision as to what type and when it will be bought is required. That's why people who make right decisions faster than others seem to glide through life effortlessly, some attain the position of leadership so quickly and they seem to fit in so easily just because they have mastered the art of making quick and correct decisions.

Five Ways to Make Quick Decisions as a Leader

1. Be Informed: To decide on anything at all you must have ample information on it, nobody in their right senses will make a decision on what they have no knowledge of, so before you decide on anything, you must be sure you are coming from a well-informed position on the matter or else you will make a ridicule of yourself.

2. Do Not Hesitate: We just discussed information, once you are convinced you have a sizeable knowledge of the matter at hand, the next thing is to execute immediately, once you miss the window of opportunity to execute right there and then, you are toying with delay.

3. Be Bold: It requires a lot of boldness to lead and make quick decisions. One of the attributes of timidity is indecision, because of the fear of error. Avoid the trap.

4. Take Responsibility for Your Actions: Whatever the outcome of your decisions is, be ready to take the stick. People respect leaders that don't pass blames unto others, it's actually reckless to blame others for your mistakes, accept them and move on.

5. Think with Your Head: It is very important to base one's decisions on a set of principles rather than emotions. Urgent action is required at this point, please save your feeling still another time.

Remember we had touched on the need to make not just the quick decisions but the right ones, the number of right decisions you make will determine how good you are as a leader. In concluding this topic, we also have to look at ways to make the right decisions inleadership.

Three Ways to Make the Right Decisions as a Leader

1. Have a Good Conscience: Every leader must have a good conscience to make the right decisions, a leader must not be bugged down by favouritism, and he or she must be fair to all. A leader must also be a good judge of situations and circumstances, approaching issues based on their merits or demerits.

2. Have a Strong Character: A leader will not lead effectively when he or she is compromised, that will invariably make itimpossibletosaythetruthorabidebycertainvaluesthat willguaranteeeffectiveleadership.

3. Have a Plan: Even if you are leading the smallest unit of an office or a household of three, you must have a plan as to where you are taking your followers for them to follow your lead without little or no form of reservation. Your plan will make them trust your judgement.

Show me a successful leader, there you have an individual that most times make the right and quick decisions. Try to abide by the aforementioned principles and I promise you will hardly get it wrong as a leader.

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