The decision making processes in many family businesses are, to put in bluntly, broken. Failing to make timely decisions creates confusion, destroys momentum, nullifies competitive advantages, and discourages your employees.
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Mike Hall says:
Do something…even if it is wrong!
One of your recent blogs mentioned leadership and something along the lines of “he wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions….he was a bad leader because he wouldn’t make any decisions.”
Wayne Rivers says:
I definitely lean in that direction, Mike. Founding entrepreneurs usually have an incredibly strong bias for action. They have the luxury, early on, of making mostly unilateral decisions. Unfortunately they don’t – perhaps CANNOT – teach their successors to make group decisions, and that’s where many fambiz break down. Thank you.
Jason Bittner says:
A quote that I often share when mentoring younger staff:
“It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.”
Marilyn Moats Kennedy
Wayne Rivers says:
Sweet! Great quote. Thanks, Jason!