It is tough to make the right people decisions not only in business, but also in the political sphere, writes
Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, a Senior Adviser to Egon Zehnder International, in a recent contribution to the Brazilian business daily
Valor. Citing management guru Peter Drucker and arguments presented in his own recent book,
Great People Decisions, Fernández-Aráoz highlights that the human brain is pre-programmed to make intuitive, snap decisions about people, which can often be false or misleading. Greater awareness of the psychological and emotional pitfalls involved in our people decisions is the first step towards improving them, Fernández-Aráoz concludes.
