How to Make Strategic Decisions in Uncertain Times

Leading People Interview Series

 

Top 3 Learning Points From The Interview:

  • As a leader, one of the key skills in making decisions is the ability to distinguish between having a failure because they have made the right decision and having a failure because they have made a mistake.

  • In times of uncertainty, build flexibility and keep commitments to the strict minimum and keep those commitments for as late as you can.

  • Creating collaboration and process can create more engaged teams which can help leaders to make better decisions.

Follow EngageRocket on LinkedIn to keep updated with EngageRocket.

 

LEADING PEOPLE | HEC PARIS

Leading People Interview Series
aim to uncover how established leaders think about developing employees into their best selves, especially through times, rapid change & transformation. 

In this episode, hear from Olivier Sibony as he shares about his book 'You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake' covering how leaders can make strategic decisions in uncertain times.

Olivier Sibony is a professor at HEC Paris, writer and keynote speaker specializing in the quality of strategic thinking and the design of decision processes. His research interests focus on improving the quality of decision-making by reducing the impact of behavioral biases. 

 

Sign up to receive exclusive content and future Leading People interviews: 

olivier-sibony-youre-about-to-make-a-mistake-hi-res

You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake!

How Biases Distort Decision-Making-and What You Can Do to Fight Them

Discover nine common business decision-making traps — and learn practical tools for avoiding them — in this “masterful,” research-based guide from a professor of strategic thinking(Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow)

We all make decisions all the time. It’s so natural that we hardly stop to think about it. Yet even the smartest and most experienced among us make frequent and predictable errors. So, what makes a good decision? Should we trust our intuitions, and if so, when? How can we avoid being tripped up by cognitive biases when we are not even aware of them?

Download an excerpt from the book.

Demo-group_EngageRocket-1

 

EngageRocket Masterclass | Leading Remotely

How to Keep Employees Engaged and Motivated Remotely

 

Join us in this masterclass as we discuss engagement strategies and how HR and managers can better connect with remote employees.

*NEW*: Earn IHRP CPD points when you attend our masterclasses.

 

 

 

Related articles & events:

 

 

WP Resilience of SG Workforce EDM

2020 Research Report | The Resilience of the Singapore Workforce

This study represents the most comprehensive comparable dataset on workplace sentiment through the start of the pandemic. We will uncover clear indicators that will help business leaders better prepare and plan for the months ahead. Hear from HR leaders and experts across various industries such as Samsung Asia Pte Ltd, Singtel, Under Armour, OCBC Bank and many more.

Watch the recording

couple-hand-corona

How To Strengthen Remote Collaboration In Teams

Teams that work collaboratively spend 64% less time on a task than those going solo and companies that promote collaborative working are five times as likely to be high performing.

Here are three strategies that are vital to improving collaboration across departments and working effectively. 

 

READ NOW

Employee lifecycle Analytics

How Employee Engagement Impacts Business Performance

According to Gallup, a mere 13% of employees across the globe are engaged. In this context, the word engaged means someone who is interested in their work. Someone who feels like they have a meaningful connection with their organization. An estimated 87% of people feel the very opposite of that.

 

READ NOW

TRUSTED BY:
starhub_logo EZ-Link_logo.svg gobear-logo homepage_logo_mediacorp_