Is Making Tough Decisions Inhuman?

Our community posted an article about “Making Tough Decisions” and discussed that a lot of people think that leaders are cold blooded and inhuman whenever they make decisions which results in some people suffering.

I remembered one of my former superiors terminating one of my colleagues because he felt his skills is a commodity and didn’t want to pay him more just because he was with the company for ten years or so.

I totally disagree with his decision but I won’t be discussing my arguments here and just gave you an example of what seems to be an unjust decision. To the eyes of the employee he is ruthless but to the eyes of the manager he was just cutting cost and I would like to think he did what he thought was best for the team and the company as a whole. Though wrong in my opinion, I would give him the benefit of the doubt that he suffered emotionally and thought long and hard before making the decision.

The thought and emotional process a leader has to go through before making a tough decision is what makes them human; but in the end, they have to do what they feel is best for everyone.