Metrics, feedback and better business decisions
Decision-making: how to avoid your leadership team acting like teenagers
A good approach to decisions is 6 times more likely to lead to positive outcomes that just good analysis. A summary of what research says gets in the way of good leadership team decision-making and the practical steps to help ensure success.
Time alone and time together
How to get your leadership team to make strategic decisions well. Nobel-prize science now proves it – some of the best strategic insights come to you in the shower. Intuition and analysis work together in ‘intelligent memory’. How to break strategic decisions up into practical stages with different approaches for teamwork or individual thinking in each.
Harnessing uncertainty to make faster, better decisions
As a leader your time is squeezed – it is not easy making room for better decisions. But in turbulent and uncertain times your organisation will be more open to doing things differently, as survival or success cannot be taken for granted. This is a platform for engaging the team in smarter decisions and better delivery.
Decide and deliver
Decide and deliver: summary of a book from a Bain team. Strong research shows effective approaches to decision-making improve business performance. With a decision-making scorecard, plus five steps to improve decision-making capabilities in team and organisation.
The truth is not out there: Big Data, leadership & organisation
Is Big Data and the use of automated algorithms about perfect evidence, analysis, expertise, or big consulting hype? Or is it about empowerment, the power of collective insight and better speed of response. We look at recently published material and summarise the issues for leaders and organisations.
Smart metrics mean smart decisions
Essential for speed, agility, and resilience: how a mix of the right leading indicators – to match your business model and sources of growth – accelerates progress. Six well-researched steps to create smart metrics that help teams deliver.