Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it From Happein

Description: Think Again by Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, Andrew Campbell Weve all watched smart, experienced leaders make flawed - even catastrophic - decisions. How can the risks be reduced? And how can you be sure that youre making the right decisions? This book shows how the usually beneficial processes of the human mind can become traps. It offers a different model to help us make better decisions. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Why do smart and experienced leaders make flawed, even catastrophic, decisions? Why do people keep believing they have made the right choice, even with the disastrous result staring them in the face? And how can you be sure youre making the right decision--without the benefit of hindsight?Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, and Andrew Campbell show how the usually beneficial processes of the human mind can become traps when we face big decisions. The authors show how the shortcuts our brains have learned to take over millennia of evolution can derail our decision making. Think Again offers a powerful model for making better decisions, describing the key red flags to watch for and detailing the decision-making safeguards we need.Using examples from business, politics, and history, Think Again deconstructs bad decisions, as they unfolded in real time, to show how you can avoid the same fate. Author Biography Jo Whitehead and Andrew Campbell direct the Strategic Management Centre at Ashridge Business School and run the popular Strategic Decisions course. They also consult and lecture to major organisations on strategic decision making. Sydney Finkelstein, the author of Why Smart Executives Fail, is a professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and regularly lectures on leadership and why leaders fail. Table of Contents Introduction Part One: How Your Brain Makes Decisions Chapter 1. In the Eye of the Storm Chapter 2. Pattern Recognition Chapter 3. Emotional Tagging Chapter 4. One-Plan-at-a-Time Part Two: Why Decisions Go Wrong Chapter 5. Misleading Experiences Chapter 6. Misleading Pre-Judgments Chapter 7. Inappropriate Self-Interest Chapter 8. Inappropriate Attachments Part Three: Red Flags and Safeguards Chapter 9. Reducing Risks with Safeguards Chapter 10. Selecting Safeguards Chapter 11. Leaders Make Good Decisions Long Description Why do smart and experienced leaders make flawed, even catastrophic, decisions? Why do people keep believing they have made the right choice, even with the disastrous result staring them in the face? And how can you be sure youre making the right decision--without the benefit of hindsight? Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, and Andrew Campbell show how the usually beneficial processes of the human mind can become traps when we face big decisions. The authors show how the shortcuts our brains have learned to take over millennia of evolution can derail our decision making. Think Again offers a powerful model for making better decisions, describing the key red flags to watch for and detailing the decision-making safeguards we need. Using examples from business, politics, and history, Think Again deconstructs bad decisions, as they unfolded in real time, to show how you can avoid the same fate. Details ISBN1422126129 Author Andrew Campbell Short Title THINK AGAIN Language English ISBN-10 1422126129 ISBN-13 9781422126127 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2009 Place of Publication Boston Country of Publication United States Affiliation Dartmouth College Subtitle Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it From Happeining to You Imprint Harvard Business Review Press DOI 10.1604/9781422126127 NZ Release Date 2009-01-06 US Release Date 2009-01-06 UK Release Date 2009-01-06 Pages 256 Publisher Harvard Business Review Press Publication Date 2009-01-06 DEWEY 658.4012 Audience General AU Release Date 2009-01-05 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:13423061;

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