Some are small and routine. Others have the potential to alter the course of our careers, our relationships, our organizations, and even our lives. While we rarely give much thought to the countless minor choices we make throughout the day, the larger decisions often bring uncertainty, anxiety, and self-doubt.
What if I make the wrong choice?
What if people disagree?
What if I fail?
What if I don’t have enough information?
These questions have haunted leaders for generations.
The reality is that leadership is, in many ways, the art of decision making. Leaders are expected to chart a course, solve problems, allocate resources, and provide direction, often without the luxury of certainty. While we would all prefer to know how the story ends before making the first move, leadership rarely affords us that opportunity.
Over the course of this week we will explore the challenges and opportunities that accompany decision making. We will examine the fears that keep us stuck, the fatigue that clouds our judgment, the search for certainty that never seems to arrive, and the importance of values, counsel, courage, and action.
Good leaders do not always make perfect decisions.
But they understand that progress requires movement.
