Real Decisions Require Action

Finding crucial answers requires open decision making

Letting people closest to your organizations problems make the decisions isn't just more expedient—it's also more ethical.

What a Bad Decision Looks Like in the Brain

Economics hasn’t been able to explain irrational choices. Can neuroscience?

4 Ways to Become a Better Decision-Maker

Decisions can make or break your business. Learn how to amplify your power to choose wisely.

How You Make Decisions Is as Important as What You Decide

The Megyn Kelly Guide to Making Tough Decisions

Avoiding temptation, embracing negative reactions, practicing decisiveness and acknowledging her mistakes are just a few of the lessons this veteran newsreader has learned.

How to Bounce Back After Making a Bad Business Decision

You’re a key leader and you’ve made a decision some see as a huge mistake. It’s causing problems company-wide. What should you do?

Stuck? 3 Ways to Push Through to Your Next Decision.

As an entrepreneur, there will be times when you have a few options for the next step but don't know which choice you should make.

Powerful Calls to Action: How to Get Your Reader to Take the Next Step

If you want to create an effective call to action, believe your offer is valuable, useful, and helpful to your customer. Pamela Wilson shows you how.

5 Ways to Stop Lazy Thinking and Start Making Better Decisions

The brain is wired one way but what life and business demands requires us to do more than just what autopilot can handle.

A former Google exec on how to make tough decisions quickly

Avoid "Action Bias" by Pausing and Planning Before You Start Working

Most of us feel like we’re getting more done when we’re doing something, even if that action is counterproductive. This is called “action bias.” To get past it, take a moment to pause and consider your strategy before getting started.

This Common Mistake Makes Leaders Look Like Bad Decision-Makers

No matter how smart leaders' decisions turn out to be, there's one mistake that drastically undermines their credibility and makes them look like bad decision-makers.

Three big business trends to get ahead of by taking bite-sized steps to action

The blockchain, big data and being able to 'nudge' customers are among the big business trends that SMEs and startups should prepare for.

When Should I Implement a Performance Improvement or Corrective Action Plan?

When you’re having trouble with an employee, it’s a challenge to figure out how to address their behavior in a way that is productive and that leads to real, sustained change. The two most commonly used paths for employers are corrective actions and performance improvement plans.

How to Build Effective Action Plans into your Business Plan

It’s time to do your business plan! So, my blogs for December and early January focus on helping you create that business plan–and getting your agents to plan<br>So often, our business plans are ‘big picture’. It’s lovely, it’s inspirational–and it’s utterly not useful to our everyday practice! For a business plan to work, it has to have the ‘big picture’ parts (vision, review, mission, objectives) AND the action plan parts–those things you really intend to do each day and week. These are…

Why Strategic Impact Of Risk Requires Swift Action By CEOs And Boards

All four of the risk areas we focused on in this survey are intensified by the digital transformation that many organizations are undergoing. CEOs and boards are responsible for guiding their businesses through this transformation.

Case study: How complexity creeps in

Seemingly inconsequential decisions can open the door to significant organizational and operational complexity

Why Leadership Requires Authenticity

After a while, pretending to be someone that you are not can become very draining, disingenuous and can even leave you in a very lonely and isolated place.

Why is Taking Action Hard?

Why is it hard to take action? Why do we struggle with laziness, procrastination and fail to follow through on our plans? Some ideas to explain our inaction