Every decision you made today may have impact on you and the people you decide for-both in the short and the long run- Effective leaders do not make decisions hastily, based on their emotions and personal interests, but make decisions using decision making process while consulting all the concerned parts and those their decisions will have an effect. It’s equally important to weigh all the pros and cons of your decisions.
Comparing your options and choosing the right one is fundamental requirement in decision making process. If you don’t have the ability to choose one from two bad options, then you are not a decision maker. If you don’t have the ability to decide, then you are not a leader. If you are not a leader, perhaps, you are like a shipmaster without navigation. Obviously, your ship will eventually flounder and drowns.
In Somalia’s context, every decision we made today will have either direct or indirect influence on generations to come. The country is gradually recovering from 21 years of dictatorship, 30 years of brutal civil war, failed state and anarchism. We are in the process of state building where every government level has a role to play.
In this critical time, the decision-making process is equally important as the decisions you are making. If you don’t have the ability to include the process to all stakeholders, or you are intentionally denying them to have their say, then you are making bad decisions and the choices will have bad consequences. Think twice!
Mohamed Baldho
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