Donna Fitzgerald

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Entries Tagged as 'Decision Making'


Living in the Shades of Gray – or Why we Still Need People to Make Decisions

by Donna Fitzgerald  |  July 19, 2010  |  2 Comments

I was sitting on the plane last week trying to get some writing done and as it always, one thought lead to another until I realized I was contemplating why organizations fear shades of gray.  All the incredible emphasis on process is designed to eliminate human judgment and ensure consistency but if we’d ever stop kidding ourselves, the [...]

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The Benefits of Benevolent Dictatorship

by Donna Fitzgerald  |  January 29, 2010  |  1 Comment

With Amazon listing over 250,000 books on leadership it would appear that there isn’t a one size fits all approach to what leadership means and how it should be practiced.  With regard to the best leadership approach to take on a project the answers are significantly simpler.  Research in this area has repeatedly shown that the [...]

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