#515 How To Find The Right Advice – Evidence-Based Leadership Decisions | Niels Brabandt

About this episode

Niels Brabandt discusses how leaders can find credible advice and make evidence-based decisions.

How to find the right advice is one of the most critical leadership challenges in modern business. In this episode, Niels Brabandt explains how decision-makers can identify credible expertise, avoid common selection mistakes and implement evidence-based leadership decisions. This episode covers: - how to distinguish between training, coaching and consulting - why experience, qualification and scientific foundation are essential - how to avoid confirmation bias and poor advisor selection - how to implement transparent decision-making processes Host: Niels Brabandt / NB@NB-Networks.com Contact Niels Brabandt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nielsbrabandt/ Niels Brabandt's Leadership Letter: https://expert.nb-networks.com/ Niels Brabandt's Website: https://www.nb-networks.biz/

People in this episode

Host: Niels Brabandt

Topics covered

• leadership challenges
• evidence-based decisions
• credible expertise
• decision-making processes
• confirmation bias
• advisor selection

Keywords

• leadership
• decision-making
• expertise
• consulting
• coaching
• training
• confirmation bias
• transparency

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Organizations: NB Networks

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