You're facing self-doubt in crucial decision-making for your organization's future. How will you conquer it?

Facing self-doubt in crucial decision-making? Here’s how to conquer it: Trust Your Expertise: Remember your skills and past successes. Seek Input: Consult with trusted colleagues or mentors for diverse perspectives. Stay Informed: Gather all relevant information to make well-informed decisions. Break It Down: Divide complex decisions into manageable steps. Reflect and Adapt: Learn from each decision to improve future ones. With these strategies, you can overcome self-doubt and lead your organization confidently.

'Am I doing the right thing?' 'Am I qualified to be making this decision?' Whether or not you lead a large oraganization, questions such as these hit us all regularly, and while it's important for leaders to address self-doubt, the aim is to be working on it ongoing, and not just when you're at the cusp of a decision. It's a daily diet.

To conquer self-doubt in crucial decision-making for my organization's future, I would start by reaffirming my expertise and experience that led me to this position. I would seek advice from trusted colleagues or mentors to gain different perspectives and insights. Analyzing relevant data and considering various scenarios would help me make a well-informed decision. Lastly, I would focus on the long-term goals of the organization, reminding myself that each decision is part of a larger strategy aimed at achieving success. Confidence in my abilities and a methodical approach would guide me through overcoming self-doubt and making the best decision possible for our future.

Self-doubt is more common that we think. Apart from acknowledging that self-doubt exist, one effective way to overcome this is to speak to more people for benchmarking. Most of the time self-doubt happen in isolation. It's our mind playing tricks on us. The moment we gain new perspective that helps us reframe our thinking, self-doubt naturally disappear (most of the time).

Embrace self-doubt as a catalyst for growth. Acknowledging self-doubt is the first step toward building resilience and making confident choices. Trust in your abilities and keep moving forward!

While I agree that mental clarity is critical for good decision making, I don't necessarily agree that we must break down decisions into smaller constituent parts. Critical decisions are often about the effect on the whole, as in WHAT is the right thing to do in a given situation; and it's during execution that we break things down into smaller manageable and map our HOW.

Seeking clarity is a powerful leadership move. Here’s how you can approach it: Reflect: Take time to understand the situation. What are the key factors& emotions clouding your judgment? Break It Down: What are the pros and cons? What aligns with your values and goals? Visualize Outcomes: Imagine the consequences of each choice. Ask Questions: Seek input from trusted colleagues, mentors, or coaches. Their perspectives can shed light on blind spots and provide fresh insights. Trust Your Intuition: Trust your gut feelings, especially when they align with your purpose and values.

Seeking clarity is obviously key when one is struggling in making a decision. Having been the decision maker for over 3 decades, I found that they best way to gain clarity is to take a step back. Go for a walk, a drive, a run or workout, any activity that allows your brain some freedom to just be. It is in the silence of any of these meditative states where clarity is found.

Always seek more data - it will either validate your line of thinking or open up new opportunities of thought for you. It is exciting to share, collaborate and gain new insights. In addition to asking your peers, you can also gain great insight from your team members. Who else knows the flow and function better than they do?

“When people tell me they've learned from experience, I tell them the trick is to learn from other people's experience.” - Warren Buffet When making decisions, you must trust experience - and that doesn't just mean your own experience, but also the experience of others - team members, competitors, anyone. Just learn.

Develop a Risk Management Plan: Contingency Planning: Assist in developing contingency plans to handle potential setbacks. Risk Assessment: Conduct thorough risk assessments to inform decision-making and mitigate fears.

When I work with teams, I always get them to think about the assumptions they have on a particular situations. This thinking behaviour helps us anticipate risks and failures. It enables plan to be drawn out to prepare for what is to come.

Risk taking is the ability that one has to built and this comes with experience. Being risk taker does not mean taking reckless and unhinged decisions. It means taking insights, data and then taking that calculative risk.

Commit and Reflect: Decision Commitment: Once a decision is made, commit to it fully and monitor outcomes. Post-Decision Review: After implementing a decision, conduct a review to understand what worked and areas for improvement.

"Fail fast and learn fast" is the motto that I carry with me at work. There's no perfect plan. There's no perfect decision. But with a growth mindset (continuous learning), we will always become better after reflecting and adapting on the experiences. So, set a plan. Commit to it. Learn from it. Improve, and repeat.

Good decision making is always a combination of intuition and rationality. By rationality i refer to reliance on data and evidence. Unless your decision making is based on a combination of the above two elements, you are vulnerable to talk into self-doubt. To counter self-doubt, first figure out the missing element from the two. Check which of these is missing in your approach to decision making and then go about doing the needful.

When facing doubt in making a crucial decision at work, try the “pre-mortem” technique. Imagine that your decision has failed spectacularly, and then work backward to identify all the possible reasons for its failure. This proactive approach helps to uncover potential risks and pitfalls, allowing you to address them before they become real issues. It can also provide clarity and confidence in your decision-making process by highlighting necessary adjustments or reaffirming the soundness of your plan.