decisiveness

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Disney board chairman James Gorman said in an emailed statement that D’Amaro’s decisiveness and clear thinking were among the traits that impressed the board when it selected him as CEO.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Instead, she said, McDonnell has lacked the decisiveness required to make real changes in the face of resistance from the police union and others.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

The evaluator's rubric has six criteria to consider when determining the scores of the interview: intimacy, social desirability, general job abilities, decisiveness, cooperativeness and overall hireability.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2024

But they didn't and Bassey lashed home his first Fulham goal with a decisiveness lacking from United's play.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024

Finally Winslow exhibited the decisiveness that later led to his selection as colony governor.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann