Decision Making

When it comes to being a great leader one has to be able to be a great decision maker. There are two dimensions of decision making that are very important to remember: the right decision and the need for others to adopt that decision. The right decision means that you need to feel comfortable with the path that you decided to go about figuring out a problem. How is your group going to support and follow your decisions if you yourself don't feel comfortable and proud of the decision that you made. Secondly, you need to have your team want to adopt your ideas and your decision. One way you can go about this is to explain to your team how you came up with the decision that you are making and ask them if they have any input to add. Remember it is important to make your team feel like they are wanted and that their ideas are relevant and important to the team. There is a technique named, The Nominal Group Technique that is used in a lot of different office environments to help everyone contribute to decision making. During this technique the leader makes everyone in the group state one strength and one weakness of the subject they are discussing. Next the leader picks someone to explain someone else's strength and weakness. By doing this, it helps makes everyone contribute and it also helps the group to see the different views in a very constructive way. So remember decision making is key to being a great leader and how you go about making that decision helps to shape the leader you will become.