Want to know who the leader is? Ask him to decide.

One of the most valuable things an effective leader can offer an organization is the ability to make decisions, hopefully the right ones. However, it is the way the decision is made that separates outstanding leaders from ordinary ones. Every person makes hundreds of decisions daily, most automatically and without reflection. Usually, these decisions involve no specific competencies, require no sacrifice, and incur no serious risks. The decisions made in organizations also are mostly routine, practically automatic. And yet, it would be difficult to find a leader who has never been forced to make a decision that would have a…...