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Maybe even the term "leader" is starting to show its age. Successful decision-making is (has to be) distributed in modern society, where skills are fragmented i

• grawprog 6y ago
  Agreed, decision maker seems like a good stand in. A good decision maker is able to take, as you say, people whose >skills are fragmented into so many specialties. And successfully organize those people into a functioning unit to accomplish a goal.
  • bumby 6y ago
    I think part of the error is that people have a misconception that a leader should have all the answers. The best leaders I've worked for don't come into an interaction feeling this pressure, but rather help coordinate the energies of the team to let the the team reach the best answer. Of course, when there isn't a consensus, there needs to be a unambiguous "decider", but hopefully this is relatively rare and ends up being just small enough of a decision to get enough feedback to get the team to an iterative consensus.
• analog31 6y ago
  Indeed, and I wonder if we place too much emphasis on leadership when most managers would benefit from just trying to be better managers. I think a really good manager is a joy to behold, even if they don't have a leadership bone in their body.
• edoceo 6y ago
  Director is used in lots of places