When decision making gets tough or the path ahead gets obscured, just focus on making your next best decision.
Any leader can make make good decisions in easy times.
However, for most leaders the path to forward progress can get obscured by abounding options or blocked by an absence of available options.
In these cases, too many leaders lock down , grow frustrated, or get paralyzed in analysis.
As a result, decision making gets cumbersome (at best), random (most often) or non-existent (at worst).
In these moments, what should the effective leader do?
They should simply identify the "next best decision" (NBD) and make it; continuing to repeat this step until the fog lifts or the way forward opens up to a longer, clearer view.
To many, this may sound overly simple or too easy. This would only be the case for those who have become addicted to, or have a perverse obsession with, complexity and ambiguity.
In reality, a leader must know where they are (point A) and where they want to go (point B). However, it is not essential that the know every sequential step between point A and point B before they start their journey. In truth, they often will not.
Needing to know everything before doing anything is neither possible nor productive.
So when you are not sure exactly what to do next, simply align yourself with your ultimate goal (point B) and make the next best decision.