Problem Solver: Maximizing Your Strengths to Make Better Decisions

A revolutionary way of communicating. Until I read this book, I never considered that we all listen differently and that by understanding each archetype's biases, I could learn to be a better communicator. It has changed the way I approach conversation.

Problem Solver is two tools in one. First, its framework of decision-making processes helps you understand, and thereby address, the blind spots in your process. Second, as shown through examples in the book, by applying the framework to peers' processes (personal or professional), you can more effectively communicate by providing information in the way they process it, thereby coming to better decisions.

In Problem Solver, Einhorn demystifies the act of decision-making with a practical and engaging set of tools that help decode the reader's personal style and approach to working with others. Whether you are an experienced leader or just want to strengthen interpersonal relationships, this book is a terrific compass on your journey.

Problem Solver is not just a book about how to make better decisions. It's a pathway to deeper self-knowledge. Discovering how we decide sheds light on the mystery of our cognition—what we listen for, what we credit, and what we dismiss. Understanding our hidden tendencies and biases is essential to living a more examined and rewarding life.

Problem Solver helps us understand that who we are is a series of choices and that improving our decision-making can improve the quality of our lives.

Cheryl Strauss Einhorn's Problem Solver allows each individual to develop a personal and customized framework for making better decisions. You will learn how to gather the most relevant pieces of information and squeeze out maximum benefit. Consequently, in any decision-making setting, you will be able to minimize the adverse effects of common cognitive biases and fully exploit your strengths. And during this process, you may even be able to answer the question: Who am I?

Cheryl Einhorn's Problem Solver is an innovative guide to clear thinking in the face of life's knotty challenges. The book is deeply thoughtful and highly engaging, a winning combination. Full of evocative real-life examples and incisive analyses, Einhorn's book makes for a delightful and informative read.

Cheryl Strauss Einhorn's decision-making system helped me understand my own approach, both my strengths and my blind spots. In Problem Solver, she provides practical techniques that helped me counter my biases and strengthen my decision-making competency and confidence.

Problem Solver gets us focused on the one big skill that unlocks all the rest; the one self-assessment that sets the stage for every other choice we make about who we are and how we show up in the world; the one lens that sharpens our focus on every situation we face, no matter how challenging. It's impossible to read this and not feel like you're discovering something absolutely core to your happiness and success in life.

This is a really interesting account of the process of decision-making and why, even if it's shaped in part by instinct honed by experience, there is no substitute for thoughtful analysis. However, Cheryl Strauss Einhorn also shows how that process can be conducted in a way that is conclusive and not merely analytical. The book succeeds in being informative and accessible!