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Dr Constance Dierickx on Meta Leadership

Published: Oct. 13, 2023, 8:10 p.m.

Why can senior leaders \u2014 usually in post as a result of experience and expertise \u2014 often make mistakes? The answer might seem counterintuitive; it\u2019s precisely because of their experience and expertise that this can happen. How that happens and what we can do to mitigate it, the subject of this epsiode.

My guest is Dr Constance Dierickx, who is also known as the Decision Doctor. She\u2019s also the authr of a new book called \u2018Meta Leadership: How To See What Others Don\u2019t And Make Great Decisions\u2019. In her book and her work, Constance explores how congitive biases can impact sneior leader decision-making and what they can do to mitigate this.

What applies to senior leaders also applies to the trest of us..

Discussion topics

In our discussion, we explore:

  • Constance\u2019s career and interest in the field of decision-making, including how she became known as The Decision Doctor and the work that she does with Senior Leaders;

  • How meta-analysis and metacognition and how they can be used to help leaders make better decisions;

  • The role of our default thinking patterns and instincts in making decisions and how our past experience shapes how we perceive the importance of new information;

  • The significance of empathy in shaping decision-making skills; and
  • How tensions and differences in perspective between senior management and boards can impact decision-making
Resources
For more information on Constance, her work and books, visit https://constancedierickx.com/. There you\u2019ll also find a free meta-leadership self-assessment.

To read her HBR article entitled \u2018What-senior-executives-can-do-when-the-board-meddles\u2019: https://hbr.org/2019/07/what-senior-executives-can-do-when-the-board-meddles