"Patients do not want to be shielded from difficult treatment decisions," says Associate Professor Jannicke Rabben at Norway's University of Agder (UiA). "Even patients who say that the doctor knows ...

In recent months, I've watched several friends and family members wrestle with important decisions, including what job to take, whether to retire, whether to sell a house, and what to do about a ...

Deciding to lay people off is one of the hardest things a leader has to do. Whether it’s a budget crisis, a restructuring or a shift in direction, when decisions are bound to cause pain, how they are ...

Hard decisions rarely announce themselves as turning points. More often, they arrive disguised as impossible tradeoffs: stay or go, scale or simplify, speak up or stay quiet, hold steady or pivot fast ...

“The blade of a knife cutting into flesh is always painful, but what makes the difference is who holds the knife — a surgeon or a foe. Both cuts will cause pain, but one is intended to harm and the ...

“We have a consensus culture,” a Fortune 500 executive recently told me, after I asked them how their company usually makes decisions. It’s an answer I hear often, unsurprisingly. Consensus is in ...