THE RELUCTANT DECISION MAKER

The Reluctant Decision Maker

The Reluctant Decision Maker

Do you dislike making decisions and avoid the challenge whenever you can? Take heart. Look around and you will find you have plenty of company. Management psychologists Irving L. Janis and Leon Mann say people tend to be “reluctant decision makers” because they are “beset by conflict, doubts and worry.” They explain that people “seek relief by procrastinating, rationalizing and denying responsibility” in making choices. (Zunker, V. G. 2006)

This human tendency creates a big vacuum. Its name is opportunity! "Organizations cannot function, certainly cannot succeed, without good decision- makers. Organizations reward those ...