About the age of 4, children start asking one of the toughest questions to answer: Why? Anyone around small children knows they ask it over and over. And every time we answer, the response is, “Why?”

As parents, a quick and easy answer is, “Because I said so.” However, this does not usually satisfy enquiring minds.

As leaders, there are two questions we must answer before making decisions.

Why make this decision?
Why now?