Bill Russell and Tracy Cox of Raytheon Professional Services, provide insight into why decisions sometimes fail and offer advice on how to make better ones.

The article, "Why Smart Chief Executives Make Dumb Decisions: How to Avoid Eight Common Blunders," appears in CEO Magazine, which was posted online Sept. 29.

Bill Russell is a performance consultant and Tracy Cox is director of consulting at RPS.  A global outsourcing company, RPS helps its clients improve their business performance by redesigning how they train their employees, customers and partners; implementing new training designs; and managing the training in multi-year engagements.