Idea 44: Refining your decision-making skills
You need to be able to choose the action or course of action that is the best for you and your organization to meet its objective(s). An effective decision is one that produces the goods; that is, it gives the desired end result.
It is important to be able to project ahead, to take the expected and unexpected into account, to have contingency plans in case events intrude in such a way to turn a good decision into a bad one.
There are usually several different decisions that can be taken and pressure to decide. Decide you must, though, even if trial and error are then used to assess the decision, amend it or overturn it.
Fear of failure must not serve to make you risk averse. Rather, it should push ...
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