A Decision is always based on circumstancial evidence and data points.
If the evidence and data points are wrong, decision goes wrong.
An average Leader relies on available material and makes a decision that goes wrong.
A great leader looks at the probability of decision going wrong with the available data points and sources. If it is high he seeks for more data.
The buck stops at the leader and he has no one to blame but himself when decisions go wrong.
There are many examples of well known organisations winding up because of poor decisions. They were supposedly led by competent CEOs but what made them to fail the organisations they were leading well until they started taking decisions that had put the company at risks.
There is no definite formula for success and it depends on intentions, resources, risks, execution and customer goodwill.
Of all the above, good intentions are what make a CEO / Leader great. Great organisations thrive for decades and they all have had great leaders.
THE PULSE by Sivakumar Gopal 