Inspirational Leadership Training

I was conducting a half-day session on Leadership at the Institute of Company Secretaries of India today. The session was highly interactive as the participants played enthusiastically in the activities

While sharing my Five Rules of Leadership, I spoke about the need for Leaders to have a Bias for Action. One of the participants made the point that Bias is a negative word and I could have preferred the word "Preference". I agree that Bias seems to have acquired a negative connotation through usage and leans nearer to prejudice. But the word is essentially an indication that someone likes one option over another. A Bias for Action means we prefer to do things rather than simply keep analyzing. To lean towards something because you don't like something else, or you like something more than something else.

Businessdictionary.com defines Bias as the Propensity to act or decide without customary analysis or sufficient information 'just do it' and contemplate later. Popularized by Tom Peters, author of 'Search For Excellence,' as a distinguishing feature of agile firms.