From what he saw in class, Mr. Neustadt said, Mr. Gore "is not afraid of decisions, but not precipitous about it, either, like the early Harry Truman saying, 'How many decisions did I make today?' " "In terms of the originality of his mind, I would probably have called him a good Group Two student, not a Group One student".
It's about not being afraid of bold decisions sometimes," added Infantino.
Don't get me wrong, I've got a human side too: it's never nice upsetting anybody, but I'm not afraid of making decisions".
It's an executive reflex that can breed an internal culture of anxiety, in which managers wind up afraid of making decisions lest they err and incur the boss's disfavor.
"I am not afraid of taking tough decisions for the long term.
I also know that the skills I have learned through this are transferable skills – crisis management, keeping a calm head in stormy waters, the ability to change direction quickly, not being afraid of making difficult decisions, letting people go, changing strategy, reinventing the charity, monitoring finances forensically and keeping staff motivated.
The New Zealander, whose coaching career has taken him from Galwegians, Connacht and Ireland to Wasps, Waikato and Wales, is not afraid of making big decisions, whether dropping an icon, Brian O'Driscoll, from the final Lions Test against Australia last summer or removing Ryan Jones as the Wales captain two years after winning the grand slam.
Katherine Murphy, of the Patients Association, agreed the government should not be afraid of making difficult decisions.
A state official who rules on deportations is afraid of regretting any decision.
I'm afraid of making a decision too hastily, and after two months discovering that it wasn't what I wanted to do.
Mandelson said there would be no turning back from the 30% sell-off, warning that the party would be kicked out of office if it it retreated and showed itself to be tired and afraid of making a decision.
