The key to making good decisions is to have all the information at your disposal and a clear plan of where you wish to go and where the outcome of your decision will place you, with regards to your future moves. A true leader will take all this into consideration, and often they might have 10-20 important facts surrounding an issue to be cognizant of, and each one of varying importance.

Thus, a true leader will fully research all the data, information and potential solutions ahead of time, and a true visionary leader or genius will have anticipated this decision point far in advance and will know exactly which move to make, as well as the potential decisions that will come next. The law of unintended consequences does not impact the most brilliant of leaders, as they have already considered all the potential eventualities already.

Where can a leader gain access to research and solutions and data to make such crucial decisions you ask? Well, interestingly enough, you already have access to practically all the human knowledge available on the Internet and you should have access to all your company data, market data and good informational flow from your business units. If not, you need to concentrate on that first, before you have to make too many more decisions without enough information.

Tough decisions have to be made and many times a leader must do this, sometimes they can use the executive group to help them, but many times they do not have such access at the drop of a hat, when that important decision must be made on the fly. So, you must have access to instant and pertinent information; remember information is power, don’t be powerless.

By Lance Winslow

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