How to Make Decisions

Zoia Mahjoubi

Recording: YesLanguage: English, GermanDuration: 45 min / 15 minSession rating: 4.5/5 from 181 participants
How to Make Decisions

This one runs as an interactive workshop: the hour includes exercises your colleagues do themselves, not only a talk.

Session Summary

Available in February 2026

Life is full of decisions. Everyday we are being greeted by a barrage of decisions from the moment we open our eyes: what to eat, what to wear, which project to tackle first — the list is endless. The effectiveness of our decision-making determines our effectiveness as leaders, colleagues, parents, partners, and friends — and lies at the heart of living a content life.

Research suggests that we make about 35,000 remotely conscious decisions each day, from strategic life decisions to mundane tasks. However, every choice we're faced with depletes our cognitive resources, leaving us vulnerable for decision fatigue.

In this session Zoia helps you to assess your decision-making style, tackle important questions to overcome decision obstacles, and apply techniques for better decision making.

Interaction

During the expert session, Zoia Mahjoubi engages the audience through various means, including a Q&A session and live demonstrations, using the Mentimeter app for interactive exercises.

Key Learnings

Detailed session description

Life is full of decisions. Every day, we are greeted by a barrage of choices from the moment we open our eyes: what to eat, what to wear, which project to tackle first—the list is endless. The effectiveness of our decision-making determines our success as leaders, colleagues, parents, partners, and friends, and lies at the heart of living a content life.

Research suggests that we make about 35,000 remotely conscious decisions each day, ranging from strategic life decisions to mundane tasks. However, every choice we face depletes our cognitive resources, leaving us vulnerable to decision fatigue.

In this session, Zoia will help you understand the complexities of decision-making and how it impacts various aspects of your life. Participants will explore the concept of decision fatigue and learn how to manage it effectively.

Through engaging discussions and practical exercises, Zoia will guide you in assessing your decision-making style and identifying common obstacles that hinder effective decision-making. This understanding will lay the foundation for developing better decision-making habits.

Furthermore, the session will equip you with proven techniques and strategies to enhance your decision-making skills. You will learn how to prioritize decisions, manage cognitive resources, and apply practical methods to make more informed and confident choices.

By the end of the session, you will have a toolkit of techniques to improve your decision-making process, leading to greater efficiency and satisfaction in both your personal and professional life.

According to participants

What people said afterwards.

From the survey every participant gets when the session ends, in their own words.

The Lecture is awesome .. Thank you so much
In answer to “What have you learned?”
Zoia was a great speaker!!! thank you
In answer to “Any other feedback?”
Loved the 10mins 10months 10years perspective - I will keep that in mind as very useful
In answer to “What have you learned?”
Loved her voice she made me very calm peaceful and loved the interaction very good
In answer to “What have you learned?”
I loved the topic social connectivity
In answer to “What have you learned?”
Very well structured presentation!
In answer to “Any other feedback?”
Very good session, I was recognizing my and others decision making styles
In answer to “What have you learned?”
She made me very calm, and feel good by about a learning session
In answer to “Any other feedback?”
Before you book

Questions about How to Make Decisions

Is this session interactive, or do people just watch?

It is interactive, and the block above says exactly how for this session. Nobody has to speak up who does not want to: the chat and the polls carry most of it, and the questions can come in anonymously.

Is this for beginners or for people who already know the subject?

Available in February 2026 Life is full of decisions. Everyday we are being greeted by a barrage of decisions from the moment we open our eyes: what to eat, what to wear, which project to tackle first — the list is endless. It is built for a general working audience: no prior knowledge is assumed, and people who already know the subject get the research and the practical side rather than an introduction.

Is this a workshop or a talk?

A workshop. The description of this session says so itself: the hour includes exercises and activities that participants do, not only an expert speaking. It still runs live and online, for as many colleagues as you want to invite.

Is Zoia the right expert for this?

Zoia Mahjoubi is one of the experts we auditioned ourselves, and we produce every session so we see how each one lands. Participants rate this session 4.4 out of 5, across 448 responses, and rate Zoia personally 4.6 out of 5.

How long does it take, and what do we have to prepare?

It runs 45 min / 15 min: the talk, then live questions. All you do is pick a date. We brief Zoia, produce the session, host and moderate it, run the Q&A, and send you the report within an hour of the end.

Who can join, and where does it run?

A team, a department, an employee network or every single employee at once, with no cap and no per-seat price. It runs inside your own Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, or on a branded page we build. No integration, no login, no company device or e-mail.

Can our global colleagues follow it?

The session is delivered in English, German. You can add high accuracy live subtitles in 8, 16 or 24 languages, so everyone follows in their own. That is a paid option, priced by the number of languages you need.

Will our IT department have a problem with this?

No, and that is by design. There is nothing to install, nothing to integrate and no connection to your systems, so there is nothing for IT to validate: we join your own Teams, Zoom or Meet as a guest speaker, or we host a page and your people open a link. No software, no accounts, and no data of yours that we can reach. It is why hundreds of companies, among them some of the largest technology and financial firms in the world, were able to start within a day.

How does this work under GDPR?

We never receive or hold personal data about your employees. Because the session runs in your own environment, attendance and identity stay with you, and what we report back is aggregated: numbers, ratings and survey answers, not people. That is also why IT approval usually takes minutes rather than weeks.

What do we get afterwards?

You keep the recording and can share it internally. You also get attendance over time, participant ratings for the content and the speaker, the survey answers, and the topics your people asked for next.

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