Decision Making: Better Choices, Less Bias

How to gather and test information, manage bias, and use a clear process to make sound judgments when stakes are high and information is imperfect.
Decision making is not a single act — it’s an ongoing process shaped by insight, reflection, and course correction.

woman contemplating feedback signals leaders miss

The Feedback Signals You’re Missing as a Leader (And Why They Matter More at Senior Levels)

January 23, 2026

Decision Making Under Pressure

If you’re missing feedback signals as a leader, it’s a sign of your own growth. Learn to listen differently to grow more. At some point, nearly every leader misses a feedback sgnal. There was a moment when I, too, found myself missing feedback signals as a leader. Here’s a story of how I missed a signal and made a decision that nearly cost me my company—and what I learned that helped me grow further. I remember announcing the decision and…

Confident decision making in leadership starts with listening and staying grounded under pressure.

Why Confident Decision Making Helps Leaders Perform Better Under Pressure

December 19, 2025

Decision Making Under Pressure

Strong leadership decisions depend less on having the right answer and more on confident decision making when the stakes are high. During disruption, crisis, or uncertainty, there is always an emotional reaction. That is human. But effective leaders know how to steady themselves, control their impulses, and create just enough space to respond clearly rather than react emotionally. They reconnect with their values. They consider the impact on their team, stakeholders, and customers. Then they move forward with clarity. That…

A Leadership Guide to Better Decision Making: How to Find the Right Balance to Choose Wisely

October 10, 2025

Decision Making Under Pressure

Leadership decision making is a process—a way of managing the competing factors that pull every decision in different directions. Once you understand the fundamental pulls and build a process to get better information, you can make better choices again and again. The best decisions balance several tensions at once. Because people need to buy in, good decisions balance emotional information with rational analysis. Because innovation is exciting but uncertain, good decision makers balance new ideas with proven data. And because…

Leadership resources hub with practical tips for trust, confidence, empathy, team alignment, and decision making

Start Here for Leadership Resources: Practical Tips and Solutions to Use Now

October 1, 2025

Alignment and Effective 1:1s, Confidence and Managing Yourself, Decision Making Under Pressure, Empathy and Managing Others, Trust and Building Teams

Welcome! My blog offers for practical leadership resources to help you build stronger, more productive, and more resilient teams. Leadership is not innate. It’s a set of skills that, practiced daily, promote cooperative, steady focus on what matters most. Anyone can learn these skills with dedication and practice, even if you don’t hire a coach. These skills help good leaders diagnose and tamp down distractions. Using tactics that support these skills, they build a positive team culture where everyone feels…