Making big or even small decisions for your organisation, teams and personal life isn’t always easy. As a leader there is a risk attached to the choices you make. Often it can get very overwhelming and difficult in some situations. As leaders we face this tension a lot, and honestly it isn’t getting any easier, leadership and the economic world keeps changing.
We are going to have a look at how we can make the right decisions in every situation. First of all you have to understand that our actions are attached to our beliefs! The way we think and believe has a massive impact on how we make decisions and the choices we make. We can have limiting or positive beliefs, those beliefs will shape how you act and live out your life and lead your organisation & teams.
Before we make a decision we want to do it from a place of strength and control. We don’t want to make out of control choices. Personally there are 4 things that I take into consideration when I make decisions:
Making a decision:
- How does it impact me personally
- How does it impact others
- Time
- Resources
As a Christian leader I also add in a 5th point; How does it impact the church. It doesn’t matter if I need to make a small or big decision, I always make sure I take those 4/5 things into consideration.
The question is, after taking those things into consideration, what would be the correct response + action to take? How I choose to act is totally in my own control. We want to make the right decisions and be strong as a leader, because the stronger you are the stronger your leadership and influence will be.
We have to think systematically when we make decisions, however as leaders we want to be innovative, which means that we need to do things out of the box! To keep momentum happening we need to do new things and keep improving ourselves and our organisations. It’s difficult to predict the outcome of being innovative, because most of the time we have no idea what lays ahead on the other end of our decision. Most decisions are a big step of faith and basically we just need to give it a go.
There needs to be a balance when you make decisions. When making decisions & choices you need to have a good look at the stats, think it through logically but you also need to add some faith, courage and boldness to the mix. Use your guts! Sometimes leaders are too afraid of making choices and we hold back. When that happens we don’t progress and often stop being innovative.
If we want to lead organisations, businesses & teams that are cutting edge, moving forward and making a difference we need to do things out of the box and stop being afraid of making difficult decisions & choices.
I truly hope this would have helped you with making decisions. I would love to hear your comments and feedback.
