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I’ve been studying decision-making at the top for many years, and what I’ve found is that good decisions nearly always result from robust decision processes. Similarly, decisions that go wrong nearly always stem from procedural or organizational failures. In fact, when I and my colleagues at Bain & Co. conduct postmortems into decisions, we find that just five mistakes account for the vast majority of poor decisions.
Content: Article
Author: Michael C. Mankins
Sources: Harvard Business Review, The Conference Board Review
Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Author: Michael C. Mankins
Sources: Harvard Business Review, The Conference Board Review
Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
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