How can you tell when the decision you’ve made may not be correct?

Decision making is one of the key fundamentals of good leadership.

Sometimes decisions may not be popular ones, and you may start to feel the ‘heat’ like the Councilors in Stoke Gifford Parish, however that doesn’t necessarily mean the decision is a wrong one. So how do you know?

The only way to really know is to examine the facts surrounding the decision, and its often best to do this with those involved.

The facts in this case are that UK government figures show the cost of physical inactivity to the UK taxpayer is £7.4 billion per year. 48% women and 37% men are failing to achieve the UK Chief Medical Officer’s recommended 150 minutes of physical activity per week. This strongly suggests that those in a position of public leadership ought to be doing what they can to help promote physical activity, and to support endeavours that are succeeding in bringing this about.

“Parkrun has successfully moved nearly 60,000 previously inactive people into regular exercise”, Tom Williams, COO, Parkrun UK.

On the other side of the argument, the maintenance cost to the park is put forward.

The cost/benefit equation just doesn’t seem to add up.

Parkrun is free and it’s fun! I know, I have taken part in over 40 and volunteered in others. #ItsNotaRace

A good decision now in this situation would be for the Councilors, having been presented with new evidence, or have been made aware that their decision maybe way not the best they have ever taken, to quickly overturn it.

The best decisions are quick ones…however when you know you’ve made a wrong one – change it quickly!

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