What makes a great leader?
/So many books have been written about this, so many perspectives, so many thought leaders.
Ultimately there is a consistent list of traits. I would like to discuss one of those.
It's amazing over the years with the engagements I have had with business leaders how this one trait can make, or break an organisation’s forward momentum.
Decision making, easy to say, it seems harder to do.
As a leader are you responsible for making all the decisions? - heck no. Yes, you are ultimately responsible for the decision made with your company, yet not responsible for making all of them. In fact, a great leader is the “Custodian of Decision Making”.
As the custodian, what are the guidelines/practices you set your people up with, so they are capable or making consistently great decisions?
So, the challenge for the growth of the organisation is for the leader to understand they are not required to make all the decision (control freaks out there - you are the problem).
The other challenge is having people around you who can make decisions.
There are those amongst us that struggle making decisions, they have a framework that delays them, and they are unconscious about their biases.
Leadership lesson #1
Get your leaders together and discuss decision making - their own way of making decisions - get them to be self-aware.
Get your leaders to tease out the guidelines and best practice for making timely decisions.
Have an authority matrix around decisions making.
Go forward and support your leadership team in making great decisions.
