Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Your Friends Influence Your Shopping Decisions More Than You Think (Video and Podcast)
The people close to you influence your spending choices more than you think. To make wiser shopping decisions, be aware of how your choices are influenced and commit to only purchasing things for their practical value. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show.
Read MoreShould You Be Worried About the New COVID Strains?
We greatly underestimate the dangers of the new COVID strains due to cognitive biases such as normalcy bias, hyperbolic discounting, and planning fallacy. We need to change our plans drastically to adapt to the new reality.
Read MoreAre You Paying Attention to What Matters During This Pandemic? (Video and Podcast)
Defend your organization from disastrous leadership decisions by paying attention to what’s important during this pandemic. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes how to make sure that you are paying attention to what matters during this pandemic.
Read MoreWhat Are You Paying Attention to During This Pandemic?
Defend your company from disastrous leadership decisions by paying attention to what’s important during this pandemic.
Read MoreHow to Avoid Losing (Loss Aversion) (Video and Podcast)
Our feelings drive us to experience loss aversion, where we avoid short-term losses and often fail to take worthwhile risks, losing more in the long term. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes how to avoid losing.
Read MoreHow to Prevent Leadership Development Failures (Video and Podcast)
Dangerous leadership development issues arise when experienced leaders forget about the many new skills needed for recently-promoted leaders to succeed. This problem stems from a mental blindspot known as the curse of knowledge. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes how to prevent leadership development failures.
Read MoreHow to Deal With Colleagues in Denial (Video and Podcast)
To get colleagues in denial to believe the truth, use EGRIP: 1) discover their emotions; 2) then their goals; 3) build up rapport; 4) provide info to change their mind; 5) offer positive reinforcement for them updating their beliefs. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes how to deal with colleagues in denial.
Read MoreHow Can You Thrive During the Remainder on the Pandemic and the Post-Pandemic Recovery?
The journey to self-actualization is also your path to thriving in this pandemic. Evaluate your life through the lens of exploration, love, and purpose and ensure that you satisfy these needs.
Read More12 Mental Skills to Defeat Cognitive Biases (Video and Podcast)
In order to avoid decision disasters and defeat cognitive biases, it’s important to develop the 12 critical skills that cognitive neuroscience and behavioral economics show are needed for mental fitness.
Read MoreHow Your Household Can Survive and Thrive During This Pandemic
You can survive and thrive in the new abnormal of the pandemic by identifying and addressing fundamental needs of your household: safety, connection, and self-esteem.
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