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mation; quickly sensing what decisions will help or hinder the
accomplishment of the organization’s goals; knowing the right or
best decision by consulting your gut; using your decision-making
power and authority fairly and justly; and being able to readily
translate decisions into plans and then transform plans into
actions.

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Component 7: Making Wise Decisions by
Integrating Your Head, Heart, and Gut
This involves factoring in logic, compassion, and gut reactions
when making decisions; being able to use intuition as well as facts,
feelings, and a desire to take action quickly; understanding your
own personal biases and guarding against allowing these to influ-
ence your decisions; using a fair, consistent, and transparent deci-
sion-making process; making wise decisions that will stand the test
of time, while simultaneously balancing such factors as risk, speed,
difficult trade-offs, and uncertainty; having the courage to stand by
a tough decision in the face of opposition; holding yourself and
others accountable for the decision-making process and for the
outcomes of decisions; and being flexible enough to reconsider
decisions when new information becomes available, as well as
knowing when to do so.

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Making optimal decisions really means making wise decisions
using your head, heart, and gut in an integrated way, while also
taking into account the organizational culture, its expectations
with regard to decision making and scope of authority, and the par-
ticular requirements or context of the decision itself.