One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions.

"We pride ourselves on our ability to make quick decisions," he said.

That was one of the characteristics shared by all great leaders: the ability to make quick decisions.

Frayed discipline or not, Tuvok still retained the ability to make quick decisions when needed.

A Maintenance Engineer shall also possess high interpersonal, communication,management skills and ability to make quick decisions.

In theory at least, the chief executive's title gives Mr. Popejoy a corporate chieftain's ability to make quick decisions without the need to hammer out a consensus.

After the season, Ron Turner took over as offensive coordinator and installed zone blocking schemes that utilized Jones' speed and ability to make quick decisions.

Mazda, meanwhile, said its investment in its American distribution arm would raise its stake in that company to 88 percent, giving it greater control and the ability to make quicker decisions.

Brian Bethune defines spatial intelligence as the ability to grasp a changing whole and anticipate its next stage; the ability to make quick decisions; to size up all the relationships in a fast-changing array and understand them.