the ceo magazine, decision making

Working in the corporate world, I quickly became demotivated when I was told what to do. It was as if I did not know my job, was not trusted, engaged, or empowered—all necessary elements of a high-performing team.

I challenged my boss one day when she came into my office telling me what I needed to do. Her instruction made me feel unimportant, I said.

“How should I manage you?” she asked in turn.

I suggested she try asking me and other team members instead of telling us; engaging us made us a more productive team.

the ceo magazine, business management,

Senior leaders spend most of their days solving problems and making decisions, the two critical functions that form the hinges of destiny. Each time you engage in either, you stand at a pivot—a turning point that will take you in directions that will contribute to your success or demise, and influence the lives of others.

Putting logic aside, too often we allow emotion to distract us as we settle for short-term emotional gains that often demand long-term payback. These ten kinds of decisions explain what makes a company flounder and founder:

the ceo magazine, leadership

We think of self-esteem, confidence, and mindset as an individual’s internal locus of power and control. These factors determine and guide a person’s beliefs, behaviors, and decisions—the combination explaining a person’s success.

When we discuss this concentration of perceptions in an organization, we use words like “brand” and “culture,” but we address the same issues. Whether speaking of one person’s view of the world or the aggregation of many people’s—especially senior leaders—we are really talking about mindsets—poverty or abundance mindsets.

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