CHAPTER 14
Course-Correct Quickly After Bad Decisions
Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
Ever find yourself in an organization or on a team that’s struggling because of a leader’s poor decision? You sit back and reflect on the leader personally and wonder why a savvy, experienced, and ordinarily capable person could make such a dumb decision—one that wrecks a project or destroys the morale of so many people.
As a leader yourself, you may be scratching your head wondering the same thing about a past decision: Where did I go wrong? How did I miss the signs that this decision would sink the ship so fast? Analyze such situations—in your own organization ...
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