All articles tagged: decision making

Annie Duke, a world-class poker player turned strategy consultant, wants to help company leaders make better decisions.

The prospect of a return to a more normal world in 2021 should spur leaders to learn the lessons of 2020.

The combination of data analytics and artificial intelligence can give organizations a competitive advantage and mitigate risk along the value chain.

With so many employees working remotely, leaders must take extra care to ensure their communications leave no room for misinterpretation.

In The Power of Experiments, Harvard Business School professors Michael Luca and Max Bazerman provide an overview of the applications, promise, and perils of corporate experimentation.

As the world comes to grips with the effects of COVID-19, businesses can focus on six areas in order to help both their people and their bottom line.

Occasionally, a business overtakes its competitors and moves from industry player to industry leader. Southeast Asia points the way for how to achieve this.

A short list of questions can help leaders avoid the potentially harmful consequences of flawed management studies.

Understanding the world around you can be difficult if you’re constrained by traditional thinking. New approaches to knowledge can help.

Stephen A. Schwarzman discusses what it takes to think big — in business, deals, and philanthropy.

Businesspeople are changing jobs with the rapidity of soccer managers — a famously nomadic profession. But are they asking the right questions before they decide to move on?

Boards are paying more attention to risky business outside the office.

Lessons from the past may be the only available guide for navigating the present and future, but CEOs need to take them with a grain of salt.

Create an early warning system to avoid self-sabotaging behaviors. For further insight, read  “Develop a personal early warning system to avoid making bad leadership choices.”

By understanding the mistakes you’re most likely to make — and when you’re most likely to make them — you can maximize your effectiveness and opportunities. See also “Diagnose your risk of unforced errors.”

Ground yourself in your organization’s values, principles, and strategy when considering a sharp turn.

Learning to do more in-depth thinking and taking full advantage of hidden decision-making opportunities can reduce anxiety.

Successful leaders must recognize that their role is much more than the endgame of a specialist. Leading requires constant learning and a balance of specialized and broad knowledge.

A 3D simulation is changing the behaviors of the world’s best soccer players — and the business world is catching on.

Paying attention to your values and persuasion style can help you avoid getting beheaded or stabbed to death.

Listen to the specialists on your board and adopt “qualified consensus” for decision making.

With tax rules changing and interest rates set to rise globally, companies need to organize their operations around a new value equation.

The ability of a small country to field a world-class soccer team can teach businesses about the power of good management for team building.

Leaders may think awareness programs are suitable for quelling unconscious bias, but they are just the start.

Strong teams include diverse perspectives, and healthy working relationships and successful outcomes hinge on honest communication. But there are ways to make sure you “fight right.” See also “How to Fight in a Productive Way.”