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Leaders who invest in strengthening their decision making muscles not only perform better themselves, but they also unlock higher performance across their teams.

Business decision makers sometimes face adversarial priorities when it comes to decision making. In the interest of furthering the business, good decisions must be grounded in research, forethought, ...

Effective decision making to avoid failures and maximize success is your key role as a leader: that’s why “decision-makers” is synonymous with leaders. Yet how can you ensure that your decision making ...

Cognitive neuroscientists estimate that at least 90 percent of the decisions we make are unconscious. We do what we do because of brain activity that comes from beyond our conscious awareness, fueled ...

Our careers are made up of millions of decisions. Because of this, the number-one habit of successful people is that they make good decisions. And once they make a decision, they don’t spend time ...

When people have to make a tough decision, their first instinct is usually to gather as much information as possible. Just one problem: according to research published this week in Cognitive Research: ...

Leda Stawnychko receives funding from SSHRC. MacDonald Oguike does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and ...

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Chances are, someone at some point has told you to “Follow your gut” or “Listen to your gut.” Maybe they asked, “What does your gut say?” For me, my gut tends to remain relatively quiet, and when it’s ...

This is definitely a year of tests for nonprofit leaders everywhere. Global economic uncertainty and political instability are making even the most mundane decisions feel challenging. In the past few ...

CEOs of small, growing companies tend to call a bookkeeper to maintain financials or ask consultants about the right go-to-market strategy. But when it comes to hiring people, many use their gut ...