Personal Beliefs in Practice
Leadership decision making in an organization is the process of using critical thinking skills to optimize a decision. In this case, leaders should know which decisions to make as well as keeping all the stakeholders involved. Leadership is the ability to make strategic decisions using communication (Kayode, Mojeed & Fatai, 2014: Ejimabo, 2015). Nevertheless, our personal growth and development throughout our lives have helped to create a set of beliefs upon which we judge all interactions, even those in business situations. Regarding this, there are several leadership beliefs, for instance, leading by example, upholding integrity and responsibility, vision and execution balancing, risk-taking and learning from mistakes, exhibiting confidence, welcoming optimism, among others. However, the beliefs are challenged due to different situations based on making a leadership decision in an individual’s professional or personal life. On the other hand, leadership decision making involves active listening, collaboration, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and time management (Ejimabo, 2015) among others.
In real life situation, I was asked to take a leadership decision in my professional life that eventually challenged my risk-taking behavior as a personal belief. In this case, I was asked to give the future position of the company as well as my future in the company. The circumstances surrounding my risk-taking challenge included heightened expectations. Concerning this, I had goals that can be unrealistic as well as unattainable but I felt very confident that they will occur. The future of the company seems bright due to risks taken to increase the profits as a result of having many customers in the future. Additionally, constant learning was among the circumstances surrounding the challenge. I refused to rest on my past performance. The core activities encompassed researching, testing, and learning changes taking place in the organization. Embracing change was also another circumstance. I embrace change looking forward to a constant influx of new information and improvements. As a result, the company will have a good future based on financial outcomes.
I compromised my belief since it is worth taking risks and learning from past mistakes. Risk-taking necessitates innovation for a bright future of the organization. Furthermore, taking risks gives room for learning and gaining more information regarding organizational leadership (Dohmen, Quercia & Willrodt, 2018). When my beliefs were challenged, several emotions arose. For example, enthusiasm, satisfaction, and excitement from work. More importantly, the results of the decision were positive. For example, the company will incur less cost but gain more profit and the employees gained morale to work for the better future of the organization. Thus, I am well contented and satisfied with these results. Moreover, the change that I will make in similar future situations is including the stakeholders in the company’s decision making. I can apply this lesson to my future performance in leadership by lying down the future expectations of the company as early as possible to avoid late decision making.