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Many leaders of small, medium and large scale companies are always depended on to make huge decisions and ensure that those are seen through. However, there are also those leaders which are just totally indecisive and don't really make a lot of confident choices, thus putting many crucial matters at stake. In order to be a leader, or someone that people would look up to, you need to have good decision making skills, and despite how far training and support in business management has come these days, it's still surprising to see several individuals being unable to make decisions. In fact, a lot of people make use of delaying tactics to keep such an important process in the running of a business at bay, such as accumulating more information from other people, pretending to be busy with other important concerns, worrying about the consequences of the choices about to be made, etc.
If you're someone in a high position in your company, you would be expected to make certain choices that will affect how things play out from within, and you may not be up to the challenge. Below are a few signs of a person who is a bad decision maker:
#1: There's always a lack of time. Some individuals use this excuse in order to delay the process of coming up with a decision. They seem to fill their schedules with several priorities which totally distract their attention from the bigger picture.
#2: There's a lack of information. When you're making a decision, you need to gather as much info referring to that priority within your company which may affect everything. It is only logical that you get as much feedback from your co-workers and research on important data in order to get the possible outcomes.
#3: You don't have a lot of choices. When placed in charge of something important, you are expected to come up with different options to choose from, and these options would always have certain effects on how things play out. However, if you state that you are limited in options, you are simply not looking hard enough.
#4: You're not considering all the choices. Sometimes you have this "we've come this far" mentality, and the pressure of time running out on you forces you to limit your options to a great degree. When making decisions, it's definitely better to keep an open mind and see what other things you need to consider.
#5: You're simply not being methodical. Decision making involves considering a lot of factors, such as how your co-workers may feel, what the possible outcome would be for your organization as a whole, what other areas might be affected, and others. Not being systematic in your approach and simply just leaving it all up to fate is a sign that you're not supposed to be in that position of power.
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