Posts Tagged ‘Decision Making’
5 Simple Rules for Better Business Decisions
They teach decision sciences in business schools. Those of us doing business, either as entrepreneurs, business owners, or careerists, talk a lot, and think a lot, about business decisions. We all want better business decisions. I’ve taken some of those courses and heard a lot of the talk, and I’ve survived running my own business…
Read MoreIt’s What You Ask, Not What You Know
A friend recently told me a story that had nothing to do with business, but unintentionally had a great lesson for all of us. He had asked his arborist if he could move a mature tree from one part of his property to another to make room for an addition to his home. “Yes,” replied…
Read MoreWhy Creating Change Requires an Emotional Connection
Why change? Should you change? Is it time to make a change? If not now, when? These are all questions organizations struggle with all the time. If things are going well, do you really want to rock the boat? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? There is no shortage of companies that had…
Read MoreI Never Make a Mistake
Sometimes, to make a point, I like to make a bold statement that on its surface seems controversial, foolish or nonsensical. The intent is to cause people to pause and think. I often say “I never make a mistake”—then I follow up with the qualification, “but given additional information, I will often make a new…
Read More10 Steps to Profitable Strategic Business Decisions
Most entrepreneurs are so overwhelmed by the day-to-day challenges of their business that they rarely take the time to work on longer-term strategy (they work in the business versus on the business). As a result, strategy decisions are made in the same ad-hoc crises style as operational decisions, and the business suffers. Gut reactions are rarely the optimal solution…
Read More3 Secrets to Making Better Decisions
Business owners and managers always must rely on making the right decisions, both in terms of following trends and bringing innovative ways to make their business more successful. But dealing with the process of making decisions and making the right choices, with the risk of failure always present, is seldom an easy task. Many professionals…
Read MoreDecision Fatigue
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. ~Aneurin Bevan So many entrepreneurs and managers have to make a continuum of decisions. So many people are so dependent on these decisions to be right as their well-being and their family’s well-being depends on this. However,…
Read More10 Characteristics of Transformational Leaders
In a previous article, we discussed how leadership impacts your organization’s ability to grow. Now let’s discuss some of the characteristics that leaders need to impact the growth of their organization. There are certain core characteristics the majority of leaders possess. However, there is also an additional set of characteristics that defines transformational leaders—leaders that have…
Read MoreHow Do I Make the Right Business Decisions?
When it comes to running a business, big or small, there is no secret recipe for making the right decisions. And there is often more than one right decision—or no right decision, and just one that’s the best of all the options. But you can equip yourself with a few tools that will certainly help…
Read MoreTry to Look at Problems from Different Perspectives
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. ~Marcus Aurelius As many of you know, I really enjoy hiking, especially in the woods. Nature constantly surprises me. Recently, I was hiking on the Bartram Trail, which…
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