decision making Archives - Leadership & Flow

The Psychology of “What If” – ‘Well done Zoltan!’, I told myself!

05/09/201811/09/2018 Zoltan Buzady

Going back in time, or “counter-factual” thinking, can have mixed outcomes. “Sometimes when we look back, we think about how things could have been better: If only I had gotten that part in that play when I was in high school… then I would have gotten into that great theater program at the Ivy League…

Playing FLIGBY by using one of Lewin’s leadership styles

17/01/2018 Judit Nuszpl

What if you, as a leader were instructed to behave against your natural leadership style? What if you had to make all your decisions based on the description of one of Lewin’s leadership styles? Now, this is exactly what we asked from a group of people to do: they had to play Fligby and make…

Teaching the “Blue Ocean”

14/09/201715/09/2017 Frederick Joseph F.

The FLIGBY lab was contacted recently by one of our North American academic partners to find a way for using FLIGBY to teach the “Blue Ocean” concept. Since FLIGBY was used already for explaining and demonstrating many different leadership approaches, we were happy to help to create a comprehensive syllabus for the “Blue Ocean” class too. Blue Ocean…

Making the right decision

25/08/201625/07/2017 Judit Nuszpl

You’ve started to work as a new GM at a winery only a couple of days ago. You are holding a management meeting for working out new strategies, mission and vision. Two of your colleagues would like to leave the meeting saying: a pipe burst for the millionth time in a short period and they…

Empowered employee: a manager’s dream or nightmare?

13/07/201601/03/2017 Judit Nuszpl

In theory every manager would like to be surrounded by initiative, problem solver, responsible and competent employees who have their own authority and great decision makers as well. In theory – because in practice they fear that such an employee is like a threat for their leader: they think that such subordinate will apply for their…

Intuitive thinking

06/07/2016 Judit Nuszpl

Do you find that you are required to make complex decisions facing with uncertainty in a hurry? Have you ever felt that you are supposed to take into consideration too many facts, data and numbers to make a decision in today’s fast paced environment? Are you confident in using your gut feelings in these kind…