How Confirmation Bias Reduces Business Profits

Confirmation Bias

The confirmation bias causes leaders to look for information that confirms their beliefs, and rejecting information that does not. To overcome this dangerous cognitive bias, leaders should test decisions by trying to prove themselves wrong.
The confirmation bias causes leaders to look for information that confirms their beliefs, and rejecting information that does not. To overcome this dangerous cognitive bias, leaders should test decisions by trying to prove themselves wrong.

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Omicron Surge Reveals Leaders Unprepared for the Future of Work (Video & Podcast)

Omicron Surge

The lack of action in advance of the Omicron surge points towards a lack of vision in leadership. Leaders must fight against cognitive biases and adopt best practices to avoid disasters in the future of work. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes how Omicron reveals that leaders are unprepared for the future of work.

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Upskilling Remote and Hybrid Employees (Video & Podcast)

Upskilling Remote

The future of work is now hybrid or even fully remote. Leaders who want to gain a competitive advantage in the future of work need to upskill employees in best practices for hybrid and remote collaboration and communication. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which discusses upskilling remote and hybrid employees.

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Revising Performance Evaluations for Hybrid and Remote Teams (Video & Podcast)

Performance Evaluations

The pandemic has forced leaders to recognize that they need to make changes to manage hybrid and remote teams effectively. One of these changes is moving away from using quarterly or annual performance reviews that relied to a great extent on presence in the office. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes how to revise the performance evaluations to manage hybrid and remote teams.

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Remote Training and Virtual Mentoring for Hybrid and Remote Teams (Video & Podcast)

Virtual Mentoring

Organizations need to adopt best practices for providing excellent mentorship to remote employees hired during the pandemic and integrating them successfully into the team. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes evidence-based approaches for remote training and virtual mentoring for hybrid and remote teams.

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