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

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Jon Fortt, CNBC journalist, cohost of Closing Bell: Overtime, and creator of the Fortt Knox streaming series on LinkedIn. I’m stepping in to guest-host a few ...