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£850
+ VAT£850
+ VATDelivered Online
Full day
All levels
We may live in an era of fast technology and increasing reliance upon automation, but our human abilities to think critically, make careful decisions, and solve nuanced problems are more important than ever. Our personal lives depend on those things, and so do the lives of our organizations.
Since business is now conducted at remarkable speeds, we put our organizations at great risk daily when we have weak competencies with decision-making and problem-solving. Decisions and solutions that are executed impulsively and without structured approaches can create more problems or make existing ones worse! This course aims to help participants improve their skills so they can execute well and add value to the workplace.
Learners will experience multiple decision-making and problem-solving models, tools, and techniques meant for the real world. They will learn how to align their growing toolboxes with the right situational contexts so that they can transfer that skill to the workplace. They will also discover how indecision, cognitive bias, and default thought processes can create obstacles to effective decision-making and problem-solving.
Recognize the importance of making a sound decision in a timely manner
Infer types of cognitive biases and obstacles that impact decision-making
Separate facts, requirements, ideas, and perceptions when making a decision or solving problems
Apply structured decision-making and problem-solving approaches
Conduct cause and effect and Force Field analyses
Evaluate alternative solution methods using various techniques
Analyze real world situations to determine the best aligned decision-making and problem-solving models, tools, and techniques
Implement decision-making and problem-solving models, tools, and techniques
Contextualizing decisiveness and problem-solving
Discriminating between decisiveness and problem-solving
Decision-making challenges and impacts
Key drivers of good decision-making
Thought processes and obstacles
Knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs)
Decision-making models, tools, and guidelines
Tools to evaluate alternatives
Translating requirements into action
Defining the problem
Problem-solving models
Cause and effect analysis
Quick hit vs. innovative problem-solving
Course summary
Personal action plan