How to Improve Decision-Making in the Workplace

How to Improve Decision-Making in the Workplace

How are decisions made in your organization? Is it ever a good idea to let employees question the leader’s decisions? In most organizations, key decisions are made by team leaders and executed by lower-rank employees. Decisions made at the top are almost never questioned or scrutinized. According to Adam Grant, the author of Think Again, team leaders should not only share their decisions, but also the entire decision-making process they used. With this in mind, here’s how to improve decision-making in the workplace by introducing transparency to the process.

Satya Nadella: Leadership Revolves Around These 6 Principles

Satya Nadella: Leadership Revolves Around These 6 Principles

As a leader, should you think short-term or long-term? What leadership principle is essential to innovation and competitiveness? For Satya Nadella, leadership involves six key principles. Much of his book Hit Refresh focuses on how he defines good leadership. His advice is helpful to anyone who wishes to become an effective and inspiring leader, regardless of their industry. Keep reading to learn Nadella’s leadership principles and his priorities as CEO.

How Satya Nadella Changed Microsoft’s Culture in 4 Steps

How Satya Nadella Changed Microsoft’s Culture in 4 Steps

What was Microsoft’s corporate culture like when Satya Nadella became CEO? Specifically, what did he do to improve it? When Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in 2014, he believed that the company had lost its soul and was no longer representative of its original core values. He adopted a four-tiered approach to rejuvenate that soul. Keep reading to learn how Satya Nadella changed Microsoft’s culture.

Leading With Empathy: Why Listening to Employees Matters

Leading With Empathy: Why Listening to Employees Matters

How important is it for a leader to have empathy? How can a leader let employees know that their needs matter? Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes that empathy is central to good leadership. In his book Hit Refresh, he argues that leaders must continually solicit employee feedback and listen to their points of view with sincere caring. Keep reading to understand Nadella’s approach to leading with empathy.

Selfless Leadership: Team Success Over Personal Glory

Selfless Leadership: Team Success Over Personal Glory

What’s more important—your team’s success or your own? At what cost will you protect your leadership position? In his book Hit Refresh, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella explains that a good leader prioritizes the success of the team above his own. He also discusses the importance of involving your team in decisions so that everyone has a say. Read more to learn about Nadella’s philosophy and practice of selfless leadership.

Was Steve Jobs Mean to His Employees?

Was Steve Jobs Mean to His Employees?

What was Steve Jobs like at work? Was Steve Jobs mean to his colleagues and employees? Steve Jobs is remembered as one of the greatest entrepreneurs for creating the technology company Apple. However, Walter Isaacson’s biography of Jobs shows that his cruel attitude towards his employees left much to be desired. Read below to determine if Jobs was needlessly cruel or just a strict leader.

The 3 Best Mental Models for Decision-Making

The 3 Best Mental Models for Decision-Making

When you have more than one option, how do you know which one to choose? Can you actually train yourself to make better decisions? Let’s say that you’ve received a job offer at a great company. You’re pretty happy where you are now, but the new opportunity might be the right move to make. If you carefully consider the consequences (second-order thinking), the chances (probabilistic thinking), and the possibilities (possibility thinking), you’ll likely make the right decision. Read more to learn how to use these three mental models for decision-making.

Probabilistic Thinking: The 3 Forms, Explained

Probabilistic Thinking: The 3 Forms, Explained

Can you train yourself to think in probabilities? How can this mental model help you make better decisions? In The Great Mental Models Volume 1, Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien explain how estimating probabilities can narrow down decisions. They discuss three types of probabilistic thinking: Bayesian thinking, fat-tailed curves, and asymmetries. Keep reading to learn how probabilistic thinking can help you navigate difficult decisions.

How to Lead Through Change: 4 Challenges to Pivoting

How to Lead Through Change: 4 Challenges to Pivoting

Can your company break with its established ways of doing things? Can you get everyone on the same page as you pivot your business? Andrew Grove’s book Only the Paranoid Survive shows you how to build a business that’s ready to roll with the punches. Even though you can prepare for market disruptions, you’ll still face major obstacles. Grove walks you through four major challenges to enacting your coordinated crisis response and offers recommendations to address each one. Let’s take a look at these four challenges and Grove’s advice on how to lead through change.