Making the tough decisions is the responsibility of an organization’s executive team, with the “final call” resting with the chief executive officer. And times of crisis (like the past 14 months) and recovery mean many more critical strategic decisions need to be made—quickly.
The challenge is that with the current state of market turbulence,…

It is estimated that on average, adults make 35,000 remotely conscious decisions in a day or 12 million decisions a year. Every day, 227 decisions are related to food alone (see How Many Daily Decisions Do We Make?)! The higher a person’s level of responsibility, the more decisions there are to make—one survey estimates that managers…

Just about every organizational handbook or TED talk encourages leaders to use data to inform business decisions. It makes perfect sense—instead of working from hunches and historical knowledge of what worked last time, organizations need to use metrics to better define success and progress. The hard part for any organization though is finding what data…

“A trap is only a trap if you don’t know about it. If you know about it, it’s a challenge.”
― China Miéville, Author
Making decisions is perhaps one of the most important skills required of executives but it is surprising how few feel equipped for it or believe they are good at…