Being a Decisive Leader

Strategies for Effective Decision Making

Course Description

Being decisive is an important competency for leaders. Knowing what to decide and when to decide it, as well as including the right people in the decision making and problem solving process are keys to being a successful leader. When the quality of the decisions being made in the organization improves, so does organizational performance.

This Being a Decisive Leader workshop provides an overall look at the decision making process. Participants will learn to identify the appropriate approach to take for making a decision or solving a problem. The impact Groupthink can have on decision making will be explored, and techniques for reaching consensus practiced. Problem solving will be approached in a strategic way to help participants improve their own or others performance in problem solving. Participants will leave the workshop with a personal plan for becoming more decisive.

Learning Objectives

As a result of successful completion of this one-day workshop participants are expected to:

• Identify the appropriate approach to take for making a decision or solving a problem
• Recognize when Groupthink is impacting decision making
• Use consensus building techniques to move group decision making along more quickly
• Mentally simulate a solution prior to implementation
• Improve their own or others performance in problem solving
• Take a more strategic approach to problem solving

Course Details

• Length: One Day
• Audience: Anyone
• Optimum Class Size: 12-24
• Prerequisites: none

Facilitator

Susan Gerke has been in business since 1998 following 21 years working for IBM where she was a manager as well as a technical support representative and a management development professional. Susan's focus since 1989 has been in designing, customizing and implementing leadership and teamwork programs meeting the needs of executives, managers, and employees in a wide number of companies and industries. A recognized expert on remote leadership and teaming, Susan is the co-author of The I in Team …Accelerating Performance of Remote and Co-Located Teams and Quick Guide to Interaction Styles and Working Remotely. She is also the co-author of Quick Guide to Interaction Styles and Time Dynamics. Susan has a B.S. degree in Statistics from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She is a graduate of University Associates Human Resources and Organizational Development Intern program.

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