Judgment Paper

Judgment is the essence of effective leadership. Consistently making judgments is the most critical thing for a leader to do within an organization. Without good leadership, poor judgment arises. Leaders who consistently show poor judgment mostly fail, even with high education or positive skills he or she may have. Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis shows his audiences the definition of judgment and the leadership judgment process and provide real examples of leaders using terrific and also unskillful judgment calls in various situations. This book breaks into different categories in showing examples of how people make judgment calls through tough times. It is full of compelling stuff that is enriched by a subtle attention to even good decisions sometimes unpredictable aftermath and the need for redo loops. Judgment is a contextually informed decision-making process with three domains; people, strategy and crisis. Great leaders seek and gain self-knowledge, learn to teach their point of view and create those around them into their teachers. Judgment entails not just wide experience and the right values, but also the ability to acknowledge and correct mistakes to put in place channels of communication that cut through and across hierarchies. A leader’s judgment can make or break the organization. Tichy and Bennis contended that judgment is a three-part process: preparing, making the call, and executing. You first frame the issue that will demand a judgment call so that your team members understand why the decision is important. Then you make the call in making the decision and explain it thus carrying out your decision while learning and adjusting along the way. Each phase is crucial and each offers redo loops whereas opportunities to correct mistakes. The author makes a strong fact-based case and focuses in information and influences the audiences and teams with the stakeholders that surrounds a great leader during times requiring major judgment calls. A leader is a