Helping Outstanding Leaders Make Pivotal Decisions That Create Unprecedented Results
The Decision Doctor®
Helping Outstanding Leaders Make Pivotal Decisions That Create Unprecedented Results
The Cancer Doctor and The Myths of Honesty
The chief medical officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Baselga, is well and truly in the hot seat. In the past few days, it was reported that Baselga received payments from healthcare and pharmaceutical companies for work as an advisor or board...
read more
An Open Mind Looks A Lot Like Confidence
When most people imagine a corporate boardroom, they envision a few things: people over the age of 50; mostly male; focus on finances; insularity. Whether directors are young, older, male, female, industry experts, financial experts or otherwise, good governance...
read more
Dear Indra Nooyi
Last week, PepsiCo announced that the CEO, Indra Nooyi, would be retiring in a few months. Though I have not met her, I admired her from a distance and wanted to share why. The following has been adapted from an article previously published on Forbes.com: Dear Indra...
read more
Your Decisions Are Emotional
I heard it again last week, “What’s the rush?” Sometimes I hear, “If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it” or the one that really makes me crazy, “We are so much better than we were.” Many a leader has said to me a version of, “You should have known me ten years ago,...
read moreMy Mentor’s Death Brought His Lessons Into Stark Relief
Dr. Clarence “Dick” Holland was my professor at Georgia State University (GSU), where he taught statistics in the department of psychology. Last week, he died at the age of 85. The news of his death hit me...
read more
The
Merger
Mindset
The Merger Mindset illuminates how psychology gets down to business, why it matters, and why it should matter to you.
HIGH-STAKES
LEADERSHIP
LEADING THROUGH CRISIS WITH COURAGE,
JUDGEMENT, AND FORTITUDE