Strategic Decision-Making for the Professional: Knowledge, Skills and Tools for Superior Business Outcomes

Course Overview

What is a good decision and how do you know that you’ve made one? Ultimately, the only thing over which any of us have control are the decisions that we make. And yet, decision-making is something in which very few of people are trained.

Perfect for both individuals and teams, this course is designed to provide you and your staff with knowledge, skills and tools to make better decisions. As the environment in which companies and other businesses operate becomes more competitive, complex and uncertain, the need for individuals and organisations to make good decisions is more important than ever.

Limits on time and resources, however, mean that busy professionals simply do not have time to study the science of decision-making; or investigate the latest, evidence-based research on how to maximise the probability of achieving good outcomes by improving decision quality.

Drawing on insights from the field of Decision Analysis (pioneered at Stanford and Harvard Universities), this workshop provides people within your organisation with a practical, working knowledge of how to begin making better decisions immediately; knowledge that can be used to improve individual performance, add value and contribute to your company’s ability to achieve its objectives.

To learn more about the program, see the Course Details section below.

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To discuss how this program can provide professionals within your company with a practical, working knowledge of how to begin making better decisions immediately, and more effectively contribute to your company’s ability to achieve its objectives, feel free to get in touch with us for an informal chat.

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Course Details

Benefits to participants

Decision-making is a skill. Like any other, it can be developed over time with the right information, training and practice. In addition to providing participants with information that can assist them to make better decisions in their current role, this course will provide those who complete it with a decision-making framework that can be used to make better decisions in their personal lives.

Benefits to participants' company or business

Completion of this course will benefit participants’ Company/business by providing them with knowledge, skills and tools which are needed to ensure that their short, medium and longer-term decisions are consistently aligned with their Company’s or business’ vision, mission, values and goals.

What participants will receive

✓ A full day of engaging, interactive training that will enable them to begin making better professional and personal decisions immediately

✓ A fully referenced, practical, 10,000-word E-Book that can be used to help guide their decision-making well into the future

✓ Decisions and Recommendations Checklist (a highly effective tool for those who are regularly confronted with decisions of significant importance)

✓ Certificate of completion

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

✓ Approach future decisions with an understanding of what constitutes a high-quality decision

✓ Contribute more effectively to their organisation’s capacity to achieve its objectives through higher quality decision-making

✓ Improve the quality of their short, medium and long term decisions by developing their ‘decision fitness’

✓ Improve their individual performance and add value to their organisation by consistently making better decisions

Course Structure

Why Develop Your Decision-Making Skills and What is a High-Quality Decision?
What’s the Problem? The Centrality and Importance of Framing
Achieving Objectives: The Power of Alignment and Critical Action
Generating Creative, High Quality Options
Creating a Solid Foundation: The Importance and Value of Good Information
Strategic Decision-Making in the Real World: Tips and Tools for Superior Results

Who Should Attend

This course is designed primarily for private sector professionals with 5+ years of experience, who are interested in acquiring practical knowledge, skills and tools to make better decisions in their professional and personal lives. It is, however, particularly useful for those who are working in a role in which they are expected to make recommendations to managers, executives, and other senior decision-makers, undertake analysis, strategic planning and/or successfully deliver project outcomes.

Duration
Equivalent 1 Full Day

Prerequisites
Basic English