By Nic Paton Nic writes for Management-issues.com “Most leaders make bad decisions. Even great leaders can make bad decisions.” So wrote Tuck School of Business professor, Sydney Finkelstein, in the introduction to “Think Again – Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it From Happening to You”, the seminal 2009 book on […]
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Colouring in for CEOs
By Giles Miskin Giles Miskin is a leadership development expert focussing on behaviours. He is a regular speaker at Academy Groups and his energetic, intelligent and engaging style stimulates conversation and change. He is Managing Director of The Colour Works (www.thecolourworks.com), a progressive learning and development company specialising in transforming leadership and team-working performance, inspiring […]
The best decision you will ever make
By Andrew B Morris Being in the right frame of mind is critical in any decision-making process. There’s no point jumping into a decision if you cannot do so from an unbiased and detached perspective. So before you make any big decisions in either your personal or professional life, it’s a good idea to consider […]
The Grit and the Pearl – by Jo Haigh
One of our natural and most beautiful gems is formed when an individual grain of sand infiltrates an oyster. This irritant is dealt with not by expulsion but rather a patient approach of layering the grit with a white substance that relieves the irritation, allowing the pearl (something that is then highly regarded) to be […]
Discovering your Inner Genius through Reflective Practice by Tiffany Kay
Have you ever experienced a moment of absolute clarity or inner guidance that you just couldn’t ignore? Perhaps it was a decision or course of action arising out of nowhere, that was so compelling that you just had to follow it. Four years ago I was running a successful business and training consultancy, LifeMatters. I […]
Balance In Business – Stakeholders by Jeremy Thorn
This article is about balancing the needs of all our different stakeholders. And I don’t think this is ever an easy task. There are so many of them, and some are much less obvious than others. The idea of getting the balance right in a business can cover many themes. On any personal level, a […]
Decision making: handling information by Ian Moore
Our brains have evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to help us survive and to that end they are highly effective decision making instruments. However in modern day situations, and especially in business, these mechanisms for decision making may not be the best. So rather than spending time on developing sophisticated decision making strategies […]
The brain and decision making by Ian Moore
I will start by stating the obvious, we make decisions with our brains. But let us consider what our brains are for. They have evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to help us survive and to that end they are highly effective decision making instruments. However in modern day situations, and especially in business, […]
Give yourself a fresh perspective – have an ‘Away Day’ by Tim Kidson
It is as if our day to day work is conducted inside an invisible bubble. All our thoughts, feelings and actions happen, and bounce back, inside this bubble. We know this because we get the same feelings every time we think about that same difficult and still unresolved and people issue; we know it because […]
Better Approach and Attitude lead to Better Decisions by Brian Chernett
Do you need to be lucky to survive and to thrive? I’m sure there are elements of luck involved, however, I believe in making your own luck and that starts with optimism. Remember the objective is always to come out of difficult times stronger and leaner and to be ready for the opportunities that will […]