When Leaders Make Difficult Decisions
Making difficult decisions is never easy. It's hard to know what the right thing to do is, and it's even harder to follow through with that decision when you know it's going to be unpopular. As a leader, you often have to make tough choices that affect not just yourself, but also the people who are counting on you.
When making difficult decisions, how can you stay strong in the face of opposition?
Last week, I was compelled to make a huge and important decision. I had to postpone our Pawn Leaders Mastermind Retreat that was supposed to happen from January 23rd to 26th. For transparency, I got COVID.
After announcing the postponement of the event, some people agreed and some didn't. But I made a choice nonetheless.
When you make a choice, you have to go full-fledged and move forward. You got to pivot, make the move. Just keep moving forward. Why? Because when you make a choice and you sit there regretting it, double-questioning it, doubting yourself, your team will start thinking that you are inconsistent. Worse, your team stops believing in you because you don't believe in yourself.
People want those who make choices.
Are you scared to make those choices because you are not 100% sure?
They don't have to be the RIGHT choices all the time. As leaders, we're going to make mistakes. It's going to happen!
But the key is to learn from them and move on.
When leaders make difficult decisions, it's not always about what's right or wrong. It's about making a decision that will benefit the business and its employees in the long run. Sometimes, this means making unpopular or difficult decisions.
It can be tough to know when to make these tough calls, but as a leader, you have to trust your gut instinct. You need to believe in yourself and your team, even if they don't believe in themselves yet. When you show confidence and conviction, your team will start to follow your lead.
So make a choice. Whatever it is that you have been putting off, I challenge you to make a choice. And don't see it as having to cut something off and throw the other option away, but see it as a decision to make your life, family, business, and the team better.
Another thing, even if your team doesn't agree with you, they will support you. They'll be on board when you're confident about the choice that you're making.
Yigal Adato
Yigal is a 3rd generation pawn broker, and is now a mentor, coach and educator with the pawnbroking industry.
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