Better decisions
As a leader your job is to make great decisions. Across the course of the day you’ll be tacking with customer issues, problems relating to your staff, you’ll be deciding on the direction of a project, and who to hire for the team. So how can you improve on your decision making?
Firstly decision making is tiring, so make your hardest decisions at the start of the day, and try to minimize the amount of decision making you do across the day. Fewer decisions will increase the chance that you make a good one.
Secondly, make sure you’ve slept well and eaten enough during the day. If you’re hungry or tired your decision making drops off significantly. So does your self control and patience. Your more likely to react poorly to difficult scenario’s, so make sure your body is fueled up and energized.
Lastly, take your time. Don’t react quickly to the situation without giving yourself time to think about the situation. In almost all situations you take a step back to consider the right move, or potentially come back tomorrow and address it again. By taking your time, you allow yourself to think clearly, remove the emotion of the situation, and think about a better way to handle the decision.
