The Stress Effect: Why Smart Leaders Make Dumb Decisions--And What to Do About It

1 How Leaders Make Decisions.

2 How Cognitive Intelligence Influences Decision Making.

3 Emotional Intelligence and Decision Making.

4 Stress and Decision Making.

5 How Stress Leads to Poor Decision Making.

6 Increasing Stress Management Capacity.

7 Developing Cognitive Resilience.

8 Building Stress-Resilient Emotional Intelligence.

9 The Seven Best Practices to Prevent Stress.

Conclusion.

Notes.

Acknowledgments.

About the Author.

Index.