HBR Guide to Making Better Decisions

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Learn how to make better, faster decisions.

As a manager you have to make decisions from daily choices about team priorities to deciding which long-term innovation projects to pursue. But most decisions don't have a clear-cut answer, and assessing the alternatives and the risks involved can be overwhelming.

You need a smarter approach to making the best choice possible. TheHBR Guide to Making Better Decisionsprovides practical tips and advice to help you identify the problem, evaluate your alternatives, select the right path forward, and follow through successfully.

You'll learn to:

• Look at the problem from different angles
• Overcome cognitive biases that can skew your choices
• Use data to inform your thinking
• Work through uncertainty and analysis paralusis
• Communicate your choice and spur your team into action
• Respond to and fix a bad decision

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Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 13 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

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