Think again : why good leaders make bad decisions and how to keep it from happening to you

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Think again : why good leaders make bad decisions and how to keep it from happening to you

Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead and Andrew Campbell

Harvard Business Press, c2008

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Includes index

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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 you're 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.

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

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  • NCID
    BA89494072
  • ISBN
    • 9781422126127
  • LCCN
    2008043317
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Boston, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 236 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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