Make Better Decisions: 13 Mental Models for Team Managers

Learn easy mental models that help you think differently and give you new insights into how you communicate, manage, and lead.

This is a short course (approx. 60 minutes) that shows you how to make better decisions and become more effective at your job.

Master Simple Decision-Making Frameworks

• Understand why a life motto can help you with the big decisions

• Learn how to use your own version of intentional mistakes to make more informed decisions

• Delegate the right way through situational awareness and focusing on the big picture

• Analyze decisions by classifying them the right way

• Scrutinize your data sources to avoid sample selection bias

• Question why relevant processes are conducted a certain way

• Understand the employee vector theory to ensure alignment among your team

• Clarify your instructions so that they're well-understood by your employees

Mental models are frameworks that help you think in a different way. After taking this course, you'll learn how to take better actions and how to pick wiser options.

Content and Overview

The course contains over 15 lectures and 60 minutes of content. It is designed for any manager or leader who manages teams at medium to large-sized organizations. 

The course is delivered in a format that is easily digestible for busy professionals. Each video lecture covers one mental model and is around 5 minutes long.

Here's are the mental models that are covered in the course:

• Mental Model 1: Start with a 7-Word Life Motto

• Mental Model 2: Avoid Brown M&Ms

• Mental Model 3: Delegate Like a Trauma Surgeon

• Mental Model 4: Solve for Climate vs. Weather Problems

• Mental Model 5: Leverage Musk’s Employee Vector Theory

• Mental Model 6: Make One-Way Door Decisions for Chernobyl-Type Risks

• Mental Model 7: Use Guide Dog Selective Disobedience

• Mental Model 8: Avoid WWII Plane Survivorship Bias

• Mental Model 9: Motivate Using the Kissinger Way

• Mental Model 10: Avoid Being One of the 5 Monkeys

• Mental Model 11: Give Sun Tzu Type Directions

• Mental Model 12: Mitigate D-Day’s Cliff-Climbing Risk

• Mental Model 13: Use Stories to Sell Olives

  
  

By the end of this course, you'll be armed with tactics that you can implement right away with your employees.

There are no requirements necessary to enroll in the course, and you can learn the material at your own pace.

Student Testimonials:

★★★★★ "Great match for me, I appreciate all the examples that I have already applied to my day-to-day decisions. Very interesting concepts which I have saved to review time and again since there was a lot to digest! Thank you." - Maureen Ring

★★★★★ "I was moved to set a goal using 7 words. It gave me an overview of what I wanted to do. Something I could focus on as direction." - Emil Carlo Albaladejo

★★★★★ "This has more than met my expectations. Thank you for a great course Make Better Decisions: 13 Mental Models for Team Managers, each has great presentation examples which all made for a really informative course." - Amit Kumar

★★★★★ "Whoa. Awesome. I learned a lot from this course, as the stories about the mental model helped put the concept into perspective. I enjoyed learning about new models I wasn't aware of and how I can benefit from using them. Very practical and well-thought-out presentation. How do I give it 6 stars?" - Corbin Stack

30-Day Money Back Guarantee

If you are not satisfied with the course for any reason, you may return the course within 30 days of the purchase date.

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