Decision making as a technology leader

Duration
4+ hrs
Trainer(s)
Alex Genadinik
Lessons
60
Language
English

You know that moment when you realize the difference between good tech leaders and great ones isn't how much they know... it's how well they decide? When you discover that one strategic decision can create more impact than months of perfect execution? Yeah, that's the level-up moment.

Here's the thing: Being technically brilliant is like having a supercomputer for a brain... but if your decision-making processes are running on legacy code, you're bottlenecking your entire potential.

Sound familiar?

You analyze data perfectly... but freeze when it's time to make the call because you're waiting for more information

You optimize everything in your code... but your career decisions are based on gut feelings and anxiety

You architect scalable systems... but can't figure out how to systematically make better life and business choices

You speak fluent algorithms... but strategic decision-making feels like debugging without error logs

The uncomfortable truth? Technical excellence + poor decision-making = brilliant people making choices that limit their impact and success.

The Challenge Every Tech Leader Faces

As a technology leader, you've mastered logical thinking in code. But when it comes to strategic decision-making, you're facing complex challenges:

  • Analysis paralysis - You're trained to gather data, but real decisions often require acting with incomplete information
  • Emotional decision-making - High-stakes choices trigger stress responses that cloud your typically clear thinking
  • Optimization bias - You're trying to find the perfect solution when good enough, decided quickly, is better
  • Scope creep in decisions - You're making simple choices complicated by overthinking every variable
  • Pressure performance - When stakes are high, your decision-making gets worse instead of better
  • The result? Brilliant technical minds who can solve complex problems but struggle with the strategic decisions that accelerate careers and create exponential results.

Why This Course is Game-Changing for Tech Leaders

✅ CEO-Level Frameworks - Learn decision-making strategies used by Paul Graham, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos

✅ Neuroscience-Based - Understand how your brain actually makes decisions and optimize the process

✅ Engineering Mindset - Systematic approaches that feel natural to technical minds

✅ Stress-Tested Methods - Frameworks that work especially well under pressure

✅ 10x Results Focus - Not just better decisions, but decisions that create exponential outcomes

Transform Your Leadership Impact

Before this course:

  • Making emotional decisions under pressure that you later regret

  • Overthinking simple choices while rushing through complex ones

  • Feeling overwhelmed by competing priorities and unclear trade-offs

  • Missing opportunities because you're waiting for perfect information

After this course:

  • Strategic clarity - Make complex decisions with confidence and systematic thinking

  • Exponential results - Focus on decisions that create 10x impact, not 10% improvements

  • Pressure performance - Get better at decision-making when stakes are highest

  • Time optimization - Dramatically reduce decision fatigue and analysis paralysis

  • Career acceleration - Make choices that compound into extraordinary results

What You'll Master

✅ Two-Way Door Decisions - Learn Bezos's framework for when to move fast vs. when to deliberate

✅ Disagree and Commit - Make decisions that get full team buy-in even when not everyone agrees

✅ Neuroscience of Choice - Understand how your brain processes decisions and optimize for better outcomes

✅ Stress-Based Decision Making - Maintain clear thinking under pressure when others panic

✅ Data-Driven Prioritization - Use systematic approaches to focus on what matters most

✅ Avoiding Cognitive Biases - Recognize and overcome decision traps that sabotage smart people

✅ Sleep and Decision Quality - Optimize your circadian rhythm for peak decision-making performance

Who This Course Is For:

  • Tech leaders ready to make decisions that create exponential career growth

  • Engineers moving into strategic roles who need systematic decision frameworks

  • Anyone who knows they're smart but wants to make smarter choices

  • Leaders who need to make complex decisions with incomplete information

  • Professionals who want to become the person others trust with important decisions

The future belongs to tech leaders who can make great decisions quickly. While others are stuck in analysis paralysis, you'll be systematically making choices that compound into extraordinary results.

Master the decisions that matter. Transform your career trajectory through strategic thinking.


Lessons

Welcome

Decision making matrix

  • Introduction to the Eisenhower Box
  • Happiness Psychology

How top CEOs make their decisions

  • Decision Making of Paul Graham
  • Decision Making of Elon Musk
  • Jeff Bezos' Thinking Strategies
  • Decision Making Infographic
  • Disagree But Commit
  • Jeff Bezos Strategy: Junior People Speak First
  • Two-Way Decisions and Decision Speed

Compromise

  • Understanding Compromise in Decision Making

Avoiding Indecision

  • Introduction to Indecisiveness
  • Strategies for Handling Indecision
  • Managing Indecision from Stress and Overwhelm
  • Overcoming Indecision from Fear of Rejection

E-myth

  • E-myth Decision Making for Systems

Time Management

  • Time Management with Sheets: Introduction
  • Time Management with a Data-Driven Approach
  • Data-Driven Time Management Conclusion

Launching Products or Businesses

  • Decisions on Launching Products or Businesses

Confidence

  • Confidence in Risk-Taking Decisions

Sleep

  • Introduction to Decision Making in Sleep
  • Understanding the Circadian Rhythm
  • Light Exposure in Morning and Evening
  • Understanding Light Pollution at Night
  • Types of Sleep at Night
  • Understanding Naps and Their Benefits
  • Diet Choices to Improve Sleep
  • Caffeine Consumption for Energy and Alertness
  • Caffeine Delay Case Study

Importance of Time

  • Decision Making: Apple vs Candy

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria

  • Heightened Sensitivity to Fear of Rejection

Split Second Decision Making

  • Split-Second Decision Making

About the trainer

Alex Genadinik
Business and Entrepreneurship Coach

3-time bestselling Amazon author, 20 years of successful entrepreneurship experience. Passionate instructor caring deeply about helping students reach full potential.

A number of my books are used in major US universities and high schools.

My current professional interests include Emotional Intelligence and productivity. I am constantly exploring ways to accomplish more with less time.

Additionally, I am interested in SEO, digital marketing, and creativity.

Originally from Ukraine.

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