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The Risks and Traps of Decision-Making

Skip Prichard

Decision-making is not taught, yet excellence is assumed in leadership echelons and corridors of power. The rate of misjudgment rises in high stakes situations when under pressure, in crisis or uncertainty. How do these affect leadership decisions? It’s impossible to think in chaos, in a noisy office or when stressed.

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Performance Appraisal & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

Most organizations don’t have a playbook to pull through the ongoing public health crisis. When it comes to internal communication, many organizations are primarily focused on direct and frequent communications from leadership urging their people to be calm about how they deal with the aftermath. Spanish flu).

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Shaping Performance & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

Most organizations don’t have a playbook to pull through the ongoing public health crisis. When it comes to internal communication, many organizations are primarily focused on direct and frequent communications from leadership urging their people to be calm about how they deal with the aftermath. Spanish flu).

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Three Ways Leaders Outsmart Themselves

CO2

They Are Responding to a Crisis. Under stressful conditions, our reptilian brains push us toward action (fight or flight), not deliberation and conversation. Under stressful conditions, our reptilian brains push us toward action (fight or flight), not deliberation and conversation. You are hard-wired to defend yourself.

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WestJet's CEO step down: The first sign of the leadership.

Roundtable Talk

→ WestJet’s CEO step down: The first sign of the leadership apocalypse? Durfy’s replacement, Gregg Sartesky, is a 50 something exec who’s grown up in the high grind airline industry. Skip to content Home Welcome! ← Don’t believe your own hype Are you still faking it AFTER you’ve made it? Happy leading!

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Uber Shows How Not to Apply Behavioral Economics

Harvard Business Review

In a related paper published in 2013 , Alexander Arriaga and colleagues had 17 operating-room teams participate in 106 simulated surgical-crisis scenarios. Another example I often give concerns the use of fuel- and carbon-efficient flight practices in the airline industry. Inpatient complications also fell from 11% to 7%.

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25 Ways to Prepare for Catalyst and Other Leadership Conferences

Modern Servant Leader

As the Catalyst East leadership conference approaches, I’m excited to finalize my preparations. That way, if a crisis occurs, you can resolve it two days before, rather than being frantically resolving issues the night before you leave. This usually doubles as my airline carry-on and typically includes: a. Simple snack.