Decision Making Is The Heart of Administration

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Decision making is an activity that we all passed, passing and will pass throw in our life. Sometimes we took a charge for our decisions and decide by ourselves. Other times its better to decide by involving other people. How to decide which way to use?

Making a good decision is one of the main duties of a leader. It is a critical skill in workplace, and it is essential aspect in determining how effective a leader is(mindtools).

Leaders should be able to determine when to ask their team to help in decision making, and when to make the decision by themselves.

Asking the team for help in deciding every decision would be time consuming as well it would show that the leader has a low self-confidant. On the other hand, when leaders make every decision by themselves, it would lack the diversity of the decisions made. Leaders should be able to measure the situation they face and use the most suitable leadership method in making decisions (mindtools).

Here's a one minute tip to make better decisions:

Question: In your opinion, do you think a good leader should make most decisions by himself or should make it with his/her team? And as employee, have you ever passed through a situation you believed that your opinion would have improved the decision the leader made, but you did not get a chance to share it?