Leaders who invest in strengthening their decision making muscles not only perform better themselves, but they also unlock ...

Isn’t it tragic that so many prominent leaders rely on their intuition for their decision-making process? Gut reactions are seen as something almost magical, acquired either by hard-earned experience ...

As a small-business owner, a key to marketing your goods is to place yourself in your customers' shoes and perceive purchasing your products from their points of view. Understanding your customers' ...

Small business owners and managers make decisions on a daily basis, addressing everything from day-to-day operational issues to long-range strategic planning. The decision-making process of a manager ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. No area of leadership exposes a CEO’s weaknesses quicker than his or her approach to decision making. Some CEOs procrastinate for fear of ...

We all have biases. They’re our brain’s way of reducing the energy it takes to deal with the terabytes of information thrown at us every day. We connect the dots, fill in the gaps with stuff we ...

Jamie Schwandt suggests that it is the structured nature of MDMP which prevents the modern US military from exploiting the ambiguity that can be found on the battlefield. He feels that the rigidity of ...

I'm a levels fanatic. I think most problems boil down to a debate about which level of analysis to use, and one of my favorite examples comes up around teamwork. Often decisions are delegated to teams ...

The Markkula Center’s Ethical Decision-Making Framework is a tool designed to 1) help users see and identify a broader set of ethical issues than they would have without it, and 2) guide users through ...

This document is designed as an introduction to thinking ethically. Read more about what the framework can (and cannot) do. We all have an image of our better selves—of how we are when we act ...