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 Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description 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. 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. Details ISBN 1422126129 ISBN-13 9781422126127 Title Think Again Author Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, Andrew Campbell Format Hardcover Year 2009 Pages 256 Publisher Harvard Business Review Press GE_Item_ID:13423061; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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