From the course: Transitioning from Manager to Leader

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Improve your decision-making

Improve your decision-making

From the course: Transitioning from Manager to Leader

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Improve your decision-making

- In the movie Moneyball, a baseball team with minimal talent achieves maximum success all because of smart decision-making. Other teams measured success with traditional metrics like home runs and runs batted in. But this team discovered a different pattern of measurement that would statistically lead to winning more games, and it worked. Now, that may simply be a baseball movie, but it really showcases an important business lesson. Just because a decision has always been made in a certain way doesn't mean that's the best way. If you are a manager, decision-making comes with the territory, but true leaders approach choices and options in a different way. They don't waffle or procrastinate. They don't obsess over the fear of making mistakes. Here are four things strong leaders do when facing major decisions. Leaders consider a wide range of possibilities based on their broad perspective. If they've worked to position…

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