Chapter 12. Bull's-eye!—How to Align with the Right Outcome

Bull's-eye!—How to Align with the Right Outcome
 

The understanding that underlies the right decision grows out of the clash and conflict of divergent opinions and out of the serious consideration of competing alternatives.

 
 --Peter F. Drucker[1]

A decision is a risk-taking judgment. In addition to selecting an alternative, the critical component of this judgment is a prediction of how the future will unfold based on the current knowledge. I call it vision power. Effective leaders are highly skilled in vision power.

By making a decision and selecting an alternative from a set of options, you announce to the world your vision for the future. ...

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