The Hidden Cost of Indecision in Leadership

Indecision is harder to spot than most people think. It doesn’t look like hesitation. It looks like momentum.

• More discussion.

• More alignment.

• More input.

I’ve sat in rooms where we revisited the same issue for weeks, each time thinking we were getting closer. We weren’t. We were avoiding the tradeoff. And that has a cost. People stop committing fully. They hedge. They wait to see what actually sticks.

That’s when strong teams start to feel slower than they should.

Now when I see a topic come back a third time, I assume the decision hasn’t actually been made. Naming that tends to unlock things fast. If something on your team keeps resurfacing, there’s a good chance it’s not a communication issue.

It’s a decision that hasn’t been owned yet.

Happy to dig into that with anyone who’s seeing it in real time.