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Articles By Dr. Brad McRae
Double Pro/Con Analysis
A variation on the old pros and cons analysis is the Double Pro/Con Analysis. Once you have seen how powerful and easy-to-use this technique is, you will find many uses for it in both your professional and personal life ─ and you will be able to create and make better decisions. Let me give an example of a decision that …Continue Reading
The 70% Rule
In times of war, decisions have to be made quickly, but the consequences of a wrong decision can be fatal. It is also true that you will never have 100% of the information needed to make a decision. Therefore, to better enable its soldiers to make the right decision more often, the United States Marine Corps developed “The 70% Rule.” …Continue Reading
The Weighted Averages Method of Decision Making
Research has demonstrated that when decision-making reaches a certain level of complexity, it becomes increasingly difficult to make a decision because most of us can only keep a certain number of variables in our minds at any one time. Furthermore, there is typically a steep decline in our ability to make decisions once the number of variables exceeds 14. However, …Continue Reading
Master Leaders are Master Decision-Makers
A journalist was interviewing a successful businessman. He asked what his success was based on. The reply was “decisions.” Not being happy with the answer, the journalist asked, “What were those decisions based on?” The answer was “experience.” Still not happy, the journalist asked “how did you get that experience?” The answer – “Bad decisions.” ─ Anonymous Every day …Continue Reading
The Master Leadership Model
All of the interviews I conducted for my book The Seven Strategies of Master Leaders: Featuring key insights from 32 of Canada’s top leaders and all of the studies I have read can be summarized in the seven strategies pictured below. Mastery is being able to use the right leadership strategies combined with the right higher-order skills such as …Continue Reading
Economic Engines
In my first blog I said that real leaders solve real problems and use valuable resources wisely. In my second blog I talked about setting Tipping Point goals. In this blog I would like to share an example of an extraordinary Canadian leader who has done both of these things superbly and that leader is Mayor Hazel McCallion. Mayor McCallion …Continue Reading
Why Master Leaders Set Tipping Point Goals
One of the most important things I discovered from the 32 people I profiled in my book, The Seven Strategies of Master Leaders, is that Master Leaders don’t just set goals, they set Tipping Point Goals. In his best selling book “The Tipping Point” Malcolm Gladwell masterfully demonstrates in case after case where seemingly small changes can make a big …Continue Reading
Proroguing Parliament
If leadership is about one thing and one thing only, it is about accountability. This sentiment was made famous by President Harry Truman’s aphorism, “The Buck Stops Here.” Canada is a country that is in the midst of a financial crisis, we are involved in a war in Afghanistan, and there was an inquiry into our role in turning over …Continue Reading
