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What Were You Thinking?

Maybe it's just me, but lately I’ve been baffled by some decisions people make. Quite often I say to myself, “What Were You Thinking?” Dogs making bad decisions, like getting a head stuck in a cat door, now that’s understandable. But managers and leaders have something dogs don’t have, the “ability to reason.” At least that’s what I learned in biology class. A few weeks ago I watched Jamie Dimon’s interview on C-SPAN after Joe Leddy recommended it to me. Dimon is the CEO of JP Morgan Chase and is a great example of a competent leader. Given how most [...]

By Steve Wood|2019-01-24T14:38:36-05:00January 24th, 2019|Leadership Lessons, Uncategorized|

Think About How You Can Influence Decisions

You can make a choice right now to read or not read this article. If you choose to read it, I will give you a fun little puzzle to work on at the end. If you do not read it, well, that is your choice. Recently a manager I was working with needed to make a hiring decision. After meeting this one candidate, who appeared to have basic skills, the manager eagerly decided to extend an offer to the person because the candidate was very likeable and the candidate reminded the manager of herself. She was not going to give [...]