There’s growing pressure on leaders to decide quickly…..

Speed is often mistaken for confidence but in complex environments, fast decisions aren’t always good decisions and slower ones aren’t always wrong.

What really matters is judgement. Knowing when you have enough information to act, when to pause and when to challenge your own assumptions.

And sometimes, if we’re honest, speed simply means mistakes.

I made an administrative error on Monday with a great existing client. Nothing catastrophic but I was disappointed in myself. But I reflected and told myself it was honest and I’m human (now no clever remarks from my friends at that point 😅).

The important part wasn’t the mistake, which obviously I instantly regretted, it was what happened next. That fundamentally I needed to own it, I apologised and then corrected it.

For me, being in the world of fast complex change, being adaptable doesn’t mean you’ll never get it wrong. It means you need to be honest in the process. You take responsibility. You adjust. And you move forward with trust intact.

Here at Resourceful People Group Ltd, we talk about Enable, Support and Protect.
🟢 We Enable by building confidence and judgement — not just urgency.
🟢 We Support leaders through complexity, including when things don’t go to plan.
🟢 We Protect organisations by encouraging professional rigour and accountability.

Strong decision-making isn’t about removing uncertainty. It’s about acting well within it, and responding well when pace tips into error.

For us all is it worth reflecting:
🔶 Are we confusing speed with strength?
🔶 And when we do make a mistake, how quickly do we own it?

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