How to Immediately Develop Your Decision-Making Performance

Excerpts from the book: Decision-Making Excellence. See Chapter 1 of the book.

On a complex subject, could we ever reprimand a decision-maker even though the decision was good? The answer is yes! What are the questions to ask when evaluating a decision on a complex subject? Should we evaluate the content of the decision (results obtained) or the process that led to the decision (tools and methods used)? Common sense would lead us to answer that we must evaluate both, but I argue that this is a mistake.

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Decision: Should You Rely on Your Intuition?

When making a decision, intuition can help you or sink you… depending on whether your situation is simple, complicated or complex.

Excerpts from the book: Decision-Making Excellence. See Chapter 12 of the book.

The longer you live, the more experience you accumulate: You are confronted with many situations and you observe the consequences of one action rather than another. It is thanks to experience that we are able to anticipate: to see things before they happen like an accident, a danger or a disaster, or to be able to say that 3 elements together will produce a certain result. Intuition is fed by experience. A good intuition is often equal to good experience.

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A Surprising Habit of Great Leaders

I invite you to discover this short video (2 minutes) of Simon Sinek in which he takes the example of Nelson Mandela. Are you ready to discover the art of listening?

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The Manifesto of Benevolence in Meetings

This manifesto is only about benevolence in
meetings within hierarchical organizations.

Version française…

Here is a manifesto of benevolence which can be summarized in 3 words to ensure employee wellbeing on a daily basis:

No public criticism


In any kind of meeting, publicly criticizing someone’s ideas can be humiliating or hurtful: “I don’t agree because…”; “It’s not a good idea because…”; “Yes, but…”: yes, your idea is interesting, but not so interesting because…

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The Chief Always Speaks Last

I am very pleased to announce the publication of my 10th book on the theme of decision-making excellence. This book explores a fundamental dimension of management and leadership: knowing how to keep quiet when you would like to speak!

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