Recently my wife and I have been hooked on the TV series: Suits. This fast paced, well written Legal based saga on NETFLIX is addictive. One attribute of the main character and his junior accomplice is that they are decisive. Being decisive in business, particularly as a Leader and a Manager, is crucial. You cannot be frozen by the fear of making the wrong move. Ultimately your role, possibly your job, will be jeopardized by uncertainty. Hence the expression: it is better to ask for forgiveness than permission. An oft-joked-about phrase referenced more to marital spats than employment, I have based many of my work related decisions on this mantra. Fortunate for me, previous direct reports were two of the brightest media moguls in Canadian, and closer to home, Ontario’s history. Making decisions, I often went where angels feared to tread, but regularly reported to others that: sure, I stick out my neck, but I have not had my head cut off..…yet”. Believe me, I may not have been the brightest light on the tree. I had no Business degrees. In fact, some would even say my inter-company relationships were, well, not perfect. Often marching to my own drummer, I charged along, making decisions I felt, were for the...
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