Decision-Making and Thinking Like Leaders and CEOs
Make confident, evidence-based decisions using emotional intelligence, leadership frameworks, critical thinking, and practical risk analysis.
Alex Genadinik
3-time best selling author with 20 years of experience in Entrepreneurship
All levels
70 lessons · 4h 19m
Certificate included
What you'll learn
- Identify the emotional, cognitive, and environmental factors that influence decisions.
- Apply practical frameworks to make faster, more confident, evidence-based choices.
- Recognize common biases and logical fallacies before they distort your judgment.
- Communicate decisions clearly and use leadership techniques such as disagree and commit.
Skills you'll gain
About this course
Important professional and personal decisions are often made under pressure, incomplete information, emotional strain, or hidden bias. This course gives you a practical system for slowing down when necessary, acting decisively when speed matters, and improving the quality of your judgment.
You will explore how emotions, stress, optimism, subconscious bias, sleep, and energy affect decision-making. You will also study leadership approaches used by entrepreneurs and CEOs, structured hiring methods, data-driven evaluation, risk management, and essential reasoning tools.
The lessons apply directly to hiring, team leadership, product launches, business strategy, time allocation, difficult conversations, and everyday choices. Exercises and case studies help you recognize faulty reasoning and turn complex options into clear actions.
This course is designed for managers, entrepreneurs, team leaders, professionals, and anyone who wants to become more decisive and think more critically. No previous leadership, psychology, or business experience is required.
Curriculum
7 chapters · 70 lessons · 4h 19m
Foundations of Decision-Making 9 lessons
Emotions and Decision Making The Damasio Perspective (Locked)
5m
Gut Reactions vs. Taking Time to Decide (Locked)
5m
Why You Shouldnt Decide When Overly Optimistic (Locked)
3m
Stress Judgment and the Sapolsky Court Study (Locked)
5m
Making Split Second Decisions (Locked)
6m
Introduction to the Eisenhower Box (Locked)
3m
Decision Making and the Psychology of Happiness (Locked)
2m
How Leaders and CEOs Make Decisions 8 lessons
Paul Grahams Approach to Decision Making (Locked)
6m
How Elon Musk Makes Decisions (Locked)
3m
Jeff Bezoss Approach to Thinking (Locked)
2m
A Visual Framework for Better Decisions (Locked)
2m
Disagree and Commit (Locked)
2m
Why Junior Team Members Should Speak First (Locked)
2m
One Way and Two Way Decisions (Locked)
6m
When and When Not to Compromise (Locked)
5m
Overcoming Indecision 6 lessons
Understanding Indecisiveness (Locked)
2m
Practical Strategies for Handling Indecision (Locked)
6m
Making Rational Decisions Under Stress and Overwhelm (Locked)
4m
How Short Term Stress Affects Decisions (Locked)
3m
Indecision Caused by Fear of Rejection (Locked)
6m
Heightened Sensitivity to Rejection (Locked)
4m
Better Hiring and People Decisions 15 lessons
Introduction to Hiring Decisions (Locked)
1m
Subconscious Bias and In Group Affinity (Locked)
5m
Using Diversity to Find the Best People (Locked)
6m
How Group Confusion Affects Decisions (Locked)
4m
First Impression and Confirmation Bias (Locked)
5m
Define Requirements and Create Quantifiable Tests (Locked)
2m
Bias in What You Look for in Candidates (Locked)
5m
Fair Resume Screening by Removing Personal Information (Locked)
2m
The Circle of Trust Bias Exercise (Locked)
4m
The Father Son Bias Exercise (Locked)
1m
The Father Son Exercise Answer and Explanation (Locked)
2m
Reducing Subconscious Bias Through Exposure (Locked)
5m
What Unconscious Bias Training Studies Reveal (Locked)
3m
Avoid Jumping to Conclusions (Locked)
4m
Making Difficult Firing Decisions (Locked)
3m
Data-Driven Decisions, Risk, and Execution 7 lessons
Introduction to Data Driven Time Management (Locked)
2m
A Data Driven Approach to Time Management (Locked)
10m
Building a Sustainable Data Driven Workflow (Locked)
3m
Better Decisions Begin with Better Options (Locked)
8m
Deciding Whether to Launch a Product or Business (Locked)
3m
Minimizing the Damage from Wrong Decisions (Locked)
4m
Building Confidence in Risk Taking Decisions (Locked)
6m
Reasoning and Logical Fallacies 15 lessons
Introduction to Reasoning and Logical Fallacies (Locked)
1m
Inductive and Deductive Reasoning (Locked)
2m
Ampliative Reasoning (Locked)
7m
The Socratic Method (Locked)
7m
Recognizing Ad Hominem Arguments (Locked)
2m
How to Treat Opposing Points of View (Locked)
5m
The Risks of Surrounding Yourself with Similar Thinkers (Locked)
2m
Recognizing Irrelevant Arguments (Locked)
2m
Recognizing Twisted Arguments (Locked)
2m
The Limits of Case Studies (Locked)
2m
Case Studies vs. Statistical Evidence (Locked)
3m
The Danger of Blindly Trusting Authority (Locked)
2m
Why Correlation Does Not Imply Causation (Locked)
1m
Recognizing Wishful Thinking (Locked)
1m
The Slippery Slope Fallacy and Anxiety (Locked)
5m
Sleep, Energy, and Decision Quality 10 lessons
How Sleep Affects Decision Making (Locked)
1m
Understanding the Circadian Rhythm (Locked)
3m
Managing Morning and Evening Light Exposure (Locked)
5m
How Light at Night Affects Sleep (Locked)
2m
Managing Light When You Wake During the Night (Locked)
1m
Understanding the Stages and Types of Sleep (Locked)
4m
Using Naps Effectively (Locked)
3m
Dietary Choices That Support Better Sleep (Locked)
5m
Managing Caffeine for Energy and Alertness (Locked)
8m
Caffeine Timing A Practical Case Study (Locked)
7m
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