decision-making ability
Power to choose
Decision-making ability is the capacity to evaluate options and choose a course of action.
The phrase appears most often in professional contexts—job descriptions, performance reviews, psychological assessments: The role requires strong decision-making ability.
It implies not just making choices but making sound ones under pressure or with incomplete information.
- empathySharing another's emotions
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- weighing optionsConsidering alternatives carefully
- goal-settingEstablishing intended outcomes
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
reasoning · self-awareness · emotional regulation · cool head · gut feeling · judgment · snap judgment · split second · under pressure · prioritization · big picture · confidence · time management · resource allocation · cost benefit · pattern recognition · stress management · problem-solving
decision-making abilityindecision
Failure to decide
impaired judgment · mental incapacity · poor judgment · incompetence · cognitive impairment
decision-making abilityindecisiveness
Failure to commit
indecision · vacillation · irresolution · wavering · dithering
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