Hello, my friend, and welcome to
the Leadership Tip of the Week.
I'm your host, Max Yao, bringing to you
your weekly video designed to help
you become and remain the leader
everybody trusts and respects.
Today, I want to talk about:
It could be that you are
new to the job or simply
that you don't know enough
about the question being asked.
So what do you do?
Do you just ignore the question
hoping that it will go away?
Do you let other people in your team
or your manager decide on your behalf?
Or do you pass it on to
high-paid consultants who often
don't know enough themselves
about your organization?
How do you decide when you don't
know enough about the topic?
I know many of us struggle with that.
And I did as well, because you
could think that as a leader,
you must know everything and you
must have an answer to every question.
But it's not true, your role as the
leader is not to give all the answers.
However, when it's upon you
to make the final choice,
you can't run away
from your responsibility.
You must decide. How do you do that?
There is a three step strategy
that helped me tremendously
that I want to share with you.
Today I will cover the first step and next
week we will go over step 2 and 3.
And communicate this to your team so
they know when to expect your decision.
This is a very important
step because you don't
want to rush into conclusions
because you don't know enough yet.
And at the same time,
you don't want to take too long
and miss an opportunity
or expose your organization
to greater risks.
We've seen over the past year that
while none of us had experience
of dealing with a global
pandemic of this magnitude,
some organisations reacted swiftly
and made important decisions
that allowed them to
thrive during that time.
This is your leadership tip of this week:
When you need to make a decision
and you don't know enough
about the topic or the case.
Start by setting a deadline
to make your decision.
You don't want to rush to
conclusions and at the same time,
you don't want to delay things too long.
Next week, I will share
with you step 2 and 3.
Until then, take responsibility
for everything that happens
to you and be committed to serving others.
That's how you become
and remain the leader
everybody trusts and respects.
