Leadership: Key elements of Judgement

As a leader, everyone has to take a lot of decisions (based on judgemental calls) and then claim your experience whether it could be success or failures. You see yourself that you are part of that journey... Always, good judgments are the best for you like success stories! So, what are the key elements of judgment, how one can practice making a good judgment methodologically?

• The first step, Learning the problem - Listen attentively, and Read critically
• Have Trust - Seek diversity, and not validation here
• Mix up your experience - Make it relevant, and don't narrow it down
• Detach the clutter, and then Challenge - detaching your own biases, and accept more viewpoints from various advisers, role-playing, etc while challenging
• Look for Options - Question the solution set offered, and challenges; see if any risks here, and how to mitigate them
• Finally the Delivery - always factor in the feasibility of execution by how and by whom

In Summary,

Leaders need many qualities, but underlying them all is good judgment. Those with ambition but no judgment run out of money. Those with charisma but no judgment lead their followers in the wrong direction. Those with passion but no judgment hurl themselves down the wrong paths. Those with drive but no judgment get up very early to do the wrong things. Sheer luck and factors beyond your control may determine your eventual success, but good judgment will stack the cards in your favor.

Reference: https://hbr.org/2020/01/the-elements-of-good-judgment?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_weekly&utm_campaign=weeklyhotlist_not_activesubs&referral=00202&deliveryName=DM62721#comment-section