John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Smart

Making the wrong business decision can be costly - seriously costly. But don't struggle on with blind hope and your fingers crossed - get some proper advice and guidance to ensure your decision process is logical, effective and successful. John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Smart Decision Making is your essential guide to ensure you're always fully confident in every business decision you make. Part One: Effective Thinking Skills Thirteen Greatest Ideas for How Your Mind Works Eight Greatest Ideas for Clear Thinking Five Greatest Ideas for Truth Part Two: Decision Making Strategies Twenty-two Greatest Ideas for Decision Making Nine Greatest Ideas for Sharing Decisions Part Three: How To Solve Problems Eight Greatest Ideas for Problem Solving Strategies Part Four: Generating Ideas Thirteen Greatest Ideas for Productive Thinking Eleven Greatest Ideas for Useful Originality Part Five: Practical Wisdom Eleven Greatest Ideas for Practical Wisdom

John Adair is the business guru who invented Action Centred Leadership, now one of the best known leadership models in the world. Organizations worldwide use it to develop their leadership capability and management skills.

Preface	p. xi
Effective Thinking Skills	p. 1
Thirteen Greatest Ideas on How Your Mind Works	p. 3
Inside your head	p. 4
The mind at work	p. 6
Your depth mind	p. 8
What the depth mind can do	p. 10
Become aware of your depth mind	p. 12
Checklist - Listening to your depth mind	p. 14
Learning to trust your intuition	p. 15
How intuitive are you?	p. 16
Intuition at work	p. 18
Conscience	p. 20
The whole person thinks	p. 22
Valuing	p. 24
Know your mind	p. 25
Eight Greatest Ideas for Clear Thinking	p. 27
Analytical ability	p. 28
Hallmarks of a good analytical mind	p. 29
How to achieve clarity	p. 31
The power to simplify	p. 32
Asking the right questions	p. 33
The untrapped mind	p. 35
The skill of clear thinking	p. 36
Think for yourself	p. 37
Five Greatest Ideas for Truth	p. 38
The love of truth	p. 39
A rock for decision makers	p. 41
Integrity	p. 43
The principle of falsification	p. 45
ÆAs if thinking	p. 47
Follow-up test	p. 48
Decision-Making Strategies	p. 51
Twenty-two Greatest Ideas for Decision Making	p. 53
Decisiveness	p. 54
Five steps in making a decision	p. 56
Thinking clearly about objectives	p. 57
What is information?	p. 59
The time/information curve	p. 60
Factor analysis	p. 61
Develop options	p. 63
Why consultation matters	p. 65
Avoid an either/or mindset	p. 66
Using the lobster pot model	p. 67
Checklist- Options	p. 69
Probing the consequences	p. 70
The committee of sleep	p. 72
Assessing risk	p. 74
Consider your options	p. 76
The point of no return	p. 78
Practice makes perfect	p. 81
Depth minds at work	p. 83
Five ways to improve your decisions	p. 85
Integrity in business decisions	p. 87
The do nothing option	p. 88
Banish the fear of mistakes	p. 89
Nine Greatest Ideas for Sharing Decisions	p. 90
Your role as leader	p. 91
Task, team and individual	p. 93
The three circles interact	p. 95
Eight functions of leadership	p. 97
The decision-making continuum	p. 99
The goal of consensus	p. 101
How to achieve consensus	p. 103
Checklist - Sharing decisions	p. 105
The wisdom of groups	p. 106
Follow-up test	p. 108
How to Solve Problems	p. 111
Eight Greatest Ideas for Problem Solving Strategies	p. 113
How solutions differ from decisions	p. 114
A unisex model	p. 117
Six steps for problem solvers	p. 118
Checklist - Problem solving	p. 120
Reflecting on problems	p. 122
How to tackle systems problems	p. 124
Spot your problems early	p. 126
Face the cannons	p. 128
Follow-up test	p. 129
Generating Ideas	p. 131
Thirteen Greatest Ideas for Productive Thinking	p. 133
Creativity	p. 134
Dots and matchsticks	p. 138
Always test your assumptions	p. 139
Avoid negative critics	p. 141
Holistic thinking	p. 143
The holistic mind at work	p. 144
Ideas grow like plants	p. 147
Imaginative thinking	p. 148
Imaginative abilities of the mind	p. 150
Exercise your imagination	p. 151
Imagination in action	p. 153
Imagination in perspective	p. 155
Checklist - How imaginative are you?	p. 157
Eleven Greatest Ideas for Useful Originality	p. 158
Quantity or quality?	p. 159
The creative thinking process	p. 162
Creativity in action - Thomas Edison	p. 164
Widen your span of relevance	p. 166
Make fuller use of your depth mind	p. 169
Write down ideas	p. 171
How to improve your creativity	p. 173
Suspend judgement	p. 175
How to lead a brainstorming session	p. 177
Ten questions for entrepreneurs	p. 180
How to encourage innovation	p. 181
Follow-up test	p. 183
Practical Wisdom	p. 185
Eleven Greatest Ideas for Practical Wisdom	p. 187
Time to think	p. 188
Reflective thinking	p. 190
Ten principles of time management	p. 191
Intellectual humility	p. 194
Foresight	p. 196
Calm judgement	p. 198
Learning from experience	p. 200
People decisions	p. 201
Judgement	p. 204
Three elements of practical wisdom	p. 205
Your path to practical wisdom	p. 208
Follow-up test	p. 209
Appendix: Solutions	p. 211
Who owns the zebra?	p. 212
The nine dots and the six matches	p. 215
Inventions and developments	p. 217
About John Adair	p. 218
Index	p. 219
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