The Secret Life of Decisions exposes the unchallenged myths and distortions that impact our reasoning ability, raising our awareness of the many traps we can fall into. The authors have drawn from decades of work with leaders showing that even the most talented leaders and teams can end up making sub-optimal decisions. 'No executive gets all decisions right. The secret of business success is increasing the number of good decisions while accepting that some of your decisions will be wrong. The framework in this book will without doubt help you get more decisions right than before.' Giam Swiegers, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Australia 'Why do leaders often get decisions wrong? What can you do to make better decisions? Integrating case examples and business experience with research evidence this book skilfully addresses these two central questions and provides clear frameworks to enable effective decision making.' Rob Goffee, Emeritus Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School, UK 'Ever sat back and asked yourself - why did I make the same bad decision, not once but twice? I wish I'd read Meena Thuraisingham's insightful book earlier in my career - perhaps it would have saved me from myself on those occasions!' Andy Street, Managing Director of John Lewis and Chairman of the Greater Birmingham Local Enterprise Partnership 'Written with great clarity Meena exposes and analyses the many traps and prejudices that influence the decision making process and hence the outcome. Absolutely essential reading for any student of management and leadership and a very useful guide for any professional with decision making responsibilities.' Marcel Kreis, Chairman, Credit Suisse Private Banking, Asia Pacific