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In today’s complex, fast-moving workplaces, the ability to make clear, confident decisions isn’t just nice to have—it’s a leadership imperative. Yet even the most capable executives find themselves ...

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, ...

The quality of our decisions defines our legacy as leaders. We make around 35,000 decisions a day and close to 800,000,000 in a lifetime. Not all decisions are equal. Many are default, some are ...

Every decision comes with an element of risk. It’s a fact that can paralyze a leader who overthinks in their effort to drive that risk to near zero before they act. It’s a common enough phenomenon to ...

Data analysis does not remove the need for leadership; it requires business leaders to learn to incorporate data into their decision making and effectively train and support their teams to do the same ...

There's a reason Adrienne Adhami is able to run marathons, write books, host podcasts and be a keynote speaker to industry-leading companies like Microsoft and Spotify: she's able to make good ...

These words, from Nelson Mandela, speak volumes about the difficulties we face in the often-fraught process of decision-making. A decision is essentially a choice. Whether that choice involves major, ...

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 ...