Make Better Decisions More Often: 30 Minute Reads: A Short Cut to More Effective Decision Making

by Nicholas Bate

Overview

You're half an hour away from never making a bad decision again!

Why not use your next spare half an hour to skill-up? Each of these short e-books can be read in just 30 minutes. Addressing those painful work problems, and giving practical tools and expert advice to overcome them, the 30 Minute Reads series will make your work-life more productive, less painful and more successful!

Decision making not your strong suit? Fed up of thinking 'I should have chosen the other candidate/strategy/sandwich'? This succinct, practical guide will teach you how to properly weigh up all the information and make well thought out decisions more quickly.

Also available in a digital bundle with 4 other titles as part of 30 Minute Reads: The business skills collection.

Make Better Decisions More Often will help you:

• Identify the problem and what isn't working
• Discover the 10 Big Strategies
• Put in place your super-structured, super-easy, 5-day count-down plan to no more pain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857085054
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	12/11/2014
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	367 KB

About the Author

Nicholas Bate runs Strategic Edge, a consultancy specialising in creating long-term leadership competitive advantage for its clients including Microsoft, Marks and Spencer, The BBC, Royal Sun Alliance, Oxfam and Warwick University amongst others.
He is a thought leader and keynote speaker on the subject of personal excellence. He teaches around the world to audiences of 50-1500 and works as coach to many senior people in global organisations. He is also visiting lecturer at Warwick University Business School, teaching on the full-time and IBM specific MBA programmes.
He has produced and teaches five courses: Personal Excellence; Brilliant at the Basics; Personal Presence and Leadership Excellence. His new course Instant MBA was launched in September 2011 to rave reviews.
He is the author of 15 books and self-published mini books.

Table of Contents

1 The Decision Process

2 Tools to Decision Making 1: Data and evidence

3 Tools to Decision Making 2: Analysis

4 Tools to Decision Making 3: Brainstorm and incubation

5 Tools to Decision Making 4: Boosting creativity

6 Tools to Decision Making 5: Take action

7 Decisions at Work 1: Teamwork

8 Decisions at Work 2: Persuading, convincing and selling

9 Decisions at Home

10 Your Action Plan

About the Author