Navigating Uncertainty: Making Decisions with Confidence?

I think as leaders we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to be perfect in our decisions. Yes, of course, we have the obligation to make the best decision possible given the information we have at the time. And that’s it, nothing more or less. ?Here’s why, we always have the opportunity once we head in a direction to make course corrections. ?All directions we take lead us to new opportunities, which in of themselves, have their own unique timelines and outcomes, in most cases better than our antecedent decision.

Course corrections are the primary method to the highest and best outcomes. As leaders, deviation from the original path isn’t a mark of a poor initial decision, it’s a sign of fluid, open-minded leadership. Communicating with your teams throughout the process is a must. Many hands make light work and the team's collective situational awareness gives the best view of the direction of the current path and what adjustments need to be made.

Risk in decisions is greater when the leader feels the pressure to make the perfect “beginning to end decision”, without leaving mental agility for adjustments. This is what leads to decision paralysis and missing the optimal timeline to act.?Correspondingly, we reduce or even eliminate our risk when we open our situational aperture and take in information that will advise not only you as the leader but the entire team.