One of the things that characterizes effective workers is the ability to simply make a decision. In many cases it's unclear who should decide what to do about something. A really effective worker (manager, engineer, etc) will make a decision and go with it*. An ineffective worker will be unwilling or unable to decide.
A quick story:
So I started calculating. The average salary for a project manager in a small company in Boston is $85K. This is approximately $42.50 an hour. So that hour, for 5 project managers, cost the company $212.50, and nothing got accomplished. The moral of the story?
Just make a decision.
* Disclaimer: If the decision is not yours to make and you know who should make it, then get the right person to make it. This is really just decisions that don't have a clear owner.
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