An intensive professional development training course on
Strategic Decision Making for Leaders
Developing Critical Thinking Skills
in the Face of Risk and Uncertainty
Why Choose Strategic Decision Making for Leaders Training Course?
The Structure
This comprehensive training course consists of two modules which can be booked as a 10 Day Training event, or as individual, 5 Day training courses.
Module 1: Strategic Decision-Making Models for Managers
Module 2: Building My Leadership Philosophy
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This Strategic Decision Making for Leaders training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes speaker input, facilitated discussion, syndicate work and practical exercises, videos, self-tests, all with an emphasis on delegate involvement throughout.
The Course Content
Module 1 - Strategic Decision-Making Models for Managers
- Define decision making
- Rational v emotional decision making
- Individual v Collective
- The science behind decisions
- Avoiding decision making
- Psychological biases
- Process of decision making
- Kepner Tregoe
- Decision trees
- Other tools
- Intuition: thinking fast and slow
- Neuroscience – the brain is not 2 halves
- Types of problems
- Problem solving process
- Question bursts
- Solving complex problems
- Who makes decisions?
- Getting consensus
- Strategic decision making
- Understanding the environment
- Variables in strategy development
- Option development/option selection
- Delivering multiple goals, agendas, objectives
- Building a strategic planning framework
- The paradox: compliance v creativity
- Agile decision making
- What if mistakes occur?
- Strategic drift
- Decisions at an inflection point
- Review and action planning
- Early Leadership history
- Values, beliefs and development of early leadership
- The rise and fall of Trait Theory
- The ‘pros’ and ‘cons’ of Trait Theory
- The re-emergence of Trait Theory and its relevance today
- Case Studies, scenarios and practical exercises
Module 2 - Building My Leadership Philosophy
- Behaviour and Style concepts of leadership
- Learning how to become a leader
- How Situational & Contingence theories developed
- The style of action based upon situational variables
- The action based upon the follower’s style and variables
- Case Studies, scenarios and practical exercises
- Functional behaviours that contribute to organizational effectiveness
- Efficient vs. Effective leadership
- Influencing your organization with strict moral codes
- Ethical & Moral Leadership
- Psychological theory, using the old and adding “leadership presence”
- Case Studies, scenarios and practical exercises
- The Transactional leader who holds power and control over employees
- Rewards and punishments
- Transformational style that can inspire positive changes
- Improving process and leading innovation
- Leader-Member relationship between leaders and followers
- Case Studies, scenarios and practical exercises
- Recognize their own emotions and those of others
- Adapting to environments to achieve one's goal
- Emotional intelligence for good interpersonal communication
- Neo-Emergent style based on creating a collaborative culture
- Dramatically increasing innovation and profit
- Case Studies, scenarios and practical exercises
Certificate and Accreditation
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
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