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Due Diligence: Why You Should Assess A Leader’s Capacity For Critical Thinking And Judgment

18February2018Prudy GourguechonAll Invantage Posts, Decision Making, Leadershipdecision-making, leadership

Originally appeared in Forbes.com 1/25/18 You might assume that “capacity to think” is something you don’t have to worry about if you’re in the process of selecting a new leader,

Empathy Is An Essential Leadership Skill–And There’s Nothing Soft About It

15February2018Prudy GourguechonAll Invantage Posts, Leadershipleadership

Originally appeared on Forbes.com 12/26/17. I get tired of hearing about “soft skills,” even when it’s acknowledged they are important. No less a hard-muscled body than the U.S. Army, in

Is There Such A Thing As A Rational Person?

12February2018Prudy GourguechonAll Invantage Posts, Decision Making, Leadership

Originally published on Forbes.com 12/18/17. The short answer is no. The harder you try to be purely rational the less likely it is you’ll get there. What people have is the

Want To Avoid A Catastrophe When Hiring A New CEO? Try Using This Simple Checklist

19December2017Prudy GourguechonAll Invantage Posts, Decision Making, How To Guides, Leadership, Psychology of BusinessCEO selection, leadership

This post was originally published on the Forbes online Leadership Blog on 11/29/17. What are the fundamental cognitive capacities and character traits that a person absolutely must have to fulfill a leadership

When Leaders Share A Goal But Differ On Strategy–What Do You Do?

19December2017Prudy GourguechonAll Invantage Posts, Decision Making, Leadershipdecision-making, leadership, strategy

This post was originally published on Forbes online on 10/29/2017. Leadership requires some tricky navigating when you share the same final goal with others but disagree about tactics or strategy.