#0029 - Leadership Decision Making with Matthew Confer

#0029 - Leadership Decision Making with Matthew Confer

Author: Jon S. Rennie July 11, 2020 Duration: 38:11
Today I’m joined by Matthew Confer.  Matthew is the head of Strategy & Business Development for Abilitie. Abilitie is a leadership development company that offers team-based leadership simulations. Matthew has observed hundreds of leaders making decisions in business simulations and he’s learned some very interesting things. In fact, he did a TED Talk last year discussing these findings which has close to 40,000 views. Today we talked about how leaders can make better decisions.  Matthew Confer on Twitter  Matthew Confer's TED Talk  Learn to Lead Podcast Abilitie on Twitter  Abilitie's Website _____ Learn more about my bestselling leadership book "I Have the Watch: Becoming a Leader Worth Following" here. Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here. Follow me on: Twitter Instagram YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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