The fact that business leaders regularly make decisions based on intuition is well known. These intuitive thinkers experience more breakthrough ideas, more effective decisions, greater empathy and understanding of other people, lowered stress levels and improved health.
Weston Agor who researched executives in the United States found that the higher up the management ladder an executive travels, the more likely he or she is to rely on their intuition - and with good reason:
80% of CEO’s who increased profitability for their companies had well-developed intuitive skills.
And DuPont in the US found that they could reduce their product development time from 3 years to three months using intuitive thinking techniques.
A study conducted by Jagdish Parikh at the Harvard Business School of13,000 respondents surveyed executives who said they relied on left and right brain skills about equally. And 80 percent credited their success to intuition.
Dr. Marta Sinclair, PhD who has over 20 years of experience as management professional and educator in Europe, USA and Australia, investigated which personal and situational factors might trigger business intuition Dr Sinclair studied the impact of mood, emotions, and gender on the use of intuitive or analytical decision-making style.
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