Decisions. Decisions. The team has narrowed the list of potential options to solve a difficult challenge to a manageable few, but eventually a final decision must be made. Which choice does the team ...

Decades of research have clearly shown that involving team members in important work-related decisions has many benefits. From the organization’s perspective, allowing team members a voice in the ...

In a small, highly aligned team, collective decision making can be efficient. But as an organization scales up, consensus-driven business decision making becomes a bottleneck. In the modern workforce, ...

In early 2020, organizations sent people to work from home. At the Gates Foundation, our employees scattered around the country and the world. It was understandable; we wanted to be with our families, ...

David Crampton, associate professor with the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, recently co-authored a paper ...

OK, group decicion-making may not be the most momentous problem, but it is one of the most frequently annoying. Making everyday choices with other people often goes something like this: You and your ...

When you're in a leadership role — especially in an accounting firm — high-pressure decisions come with the territory. Clients expect quick answers. Staff look to you for clarity. And the pace of the ...