By Coach Nancy – Proffitt Management Solutions | September 17, 2024
Sudden information is generally incomplete, incorporating whatever is available at the moment. By contrast, leaders sift through information, take time to gather data, and draw conclusions when employing deliberative thinking. Such thinking is reasoned and structured, diving deep into the issues at hand. We gather data from non-immediate sources, compiling and assessing it to make a more systematic evaluation.
Dr. Bazerman asserts that leaders frequently—and unnecessarily—put themselves in the intuitive-thinking mode. They over-rely on speed, neglecting to step back and analyze data. Consequently, they avoid doing sufficient research and make ill-informed decisions and plans.
Three Distinct Ways Leaders Fail to Use Information Efficiently
1. Missing What’s in Front of You — Leaders, bombarded with more information than they can effectively process, can miss things that are “hidden in plain sight.” Information overload causes important facts to be overlooked. Leaders commonly bemoan how something so obvious wasn’t caught. In the fallout, outsiders critique these oversights and question leaders’ abilities.