Do you ever feel like you made the right call at the time, but once things play out realize that it could have been done differently? If you're a manager I'm sure you have.
That's the thing about being a leader. You are forced to make decisions with limited information. The key is to take the information that you have at the time and make the best decision at the moment.
Hindsight is always 20/20.
If you ask 10 people how they would have handled a situation you will end up with 10 different methods. Some better than others and maybe even better than your own.
In the end though it isn't about the decision made, but about the motive behind the decision. When motives are right, you can screw up and still be okay. But conversely if motives are out of whack, you are in trouble even if everything goes right.
As a manager you are going to make the wrong call occasionally. Where you intend to protect, you end up hurting. Where you intend to encourage, you end up demotivating. It happens. Apologize, learn from it and move on.
Life is short. Don't waste it on the "could have been's", but invest it in the "what will be's."
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