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Why do our leaders often fail to take up responsibility and make decisions in a timely fashion? David De Cremer uses behavioral analyses to explain this important leadership failure and what to do about it. --John A. Quelch, Distinguished Professor, Vice President and Dean of China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) <br> An excellent guide for leaders who want to get their followers, as well themselves, to follow through. --Piers Steel, author of the best-selling book the Procrastination Equation and Distinguished Research Chair in Advanced Business Leadership at Haskyne School of Business. <br> David's book provides excellent insights on the direct impact of a timely decision on the performance of a business team. A must read for any business leader, especially in emerging markets. --Mark Goyens, President, Bekaert Asia <br> Most leaders are concerned about how to make timely, precise and accurate decisions and often suffer from the failures in meeting these personal ambitions. In his brilliant book, David uses various techniques in analyzing how people make decisions and in what way procrastination play a role. With the excellent behavioral analyses and examples, leaders will gain knowledge from understanding the roots and consequences of procrastination and learn how to mitigate the negative effects. A must read for all leaders! --Michael Thurow, Senior Advisor, InterChina Consulting <br> You have got to read this book! It is easy to read and there are tons of practical tips and tricks to help you, the modern multi-cultural leader become more efficient and effective. David's book is an inspiration to those of us wondering why leaders hesitate to take decisions that seems to be so obvious. Once you get started, you won't put it down! --Bjarne Lemmich, Head of Finance College, Novartis Pharmaceutical <br> Why do we delay the decisions we know that we need to make? Is it because we are afraid to fail? David De Cremer book gives an answer to

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David de Cremer is Professor of Management at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS; Shanghai) and a Visiting Professor at London Business School, UK. Before joining CEIBS, he was a Professor of Behavioural Business Ethics at Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University), the Scientific Director of the Erasmus Centre of Behavioural Ethics and an elected member of the Young Academy of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. He is the recipient of many scientific awards including the British Psychology Society award for 'Outstanding PhD thesis in social psychology', the 'Jos Jaspars Early Career award for outstanding contributions to social psychology', the 'Comenius European Young Psychologist award', and the 'International Society for Justice Research Early Career Contribution Award'. He has published extensively in the fields of psychology, behavioral economics, management and organizational behavior, edited five books on the topics 'Social Psychology and Economics', 'Advances in the psychology of justice and affect', 'Psychological perspectives on ethical behaviour and decision making', 'Social psychology and organizations', and 'Behavioral business ethics: Shaping an emerging field' and written a popular book on When good people do bad things: Illustrating the psychology behind the financial crisis. His recent work has been discussed in Scientific American, Bloomberg News, The Economist and The Financial Times. Heis also a regular contributor of opinion pieces to several European financial and economic newspapers and magazines and in 2009-2010 he was named the most influential economist in the Netherlands. De Cremer holds a PhD from the University of Southampton in social sciences, UK, and an M.A. in Social Psychology from the University of Leuven, Belgium.

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