On Leadership: Resolve and Decisiveness
To implement with speed requires something more than energy. It requires resolve and decisiveness from start to finish. That does not mean holding to the original course no matter what. It means not waffling or starting all over when the inevitable pro
-Sidney Taurel, Chairman, Eli Lilly and Co, 2000-
Notes:
Decisiveness is another theme -- absolutely germane to commitment as an integral part of risk-taking -- we find throughout Sidney’s paper. Reading this sometimes leaves one with what is undoubtedly the same duality of thought that must have existed as Si
Wouldn’t it be nice if he could just have said: “decide, do,never look back.”
That’s not the world we live in. But look about you and learn by the example of fine leaders. They commit and adjust, they decide and flex. And we know the difference between them and weak leaders that vacillate and fuss and wear their cognitive dilemm