This new, in-house course for managers and executives focuses on building individual decision-making skills. It teaches operating executives and managers to improve their personal capabilities to make better business decisions in their daily responsibilities. Our unique, cross-discipline approach trains participants to identify the most rational decision and to understand how people's behavior impacts decision-making and implementation.
This 3-day course is packed with tools and techniques that will return dividends to you for years to come. Upon completion of this training, you will avoid common decision failure modes, consistently optimize decisions, and know how to communicate the benefits of your decisions to gain agreement.
Specific topics include:
- The six elements of good decision-making
- Procedures for making decisions
- Getting the decision frame right
- How to generate good alternatives
- Being clear on values and tradeoffs
- Basics of working with probabilities
- Avoiding biases in probability assessment
- Using decision trees
- Calculating the value of information
- Polishing interpersonal skills
- Decision pathologies
- Understanding your limits
- Putting these skills to work
Who Should Attend
This course is offered on-site at your location to any group of 5 or more. It is appropriate for managers or executives seeking to make and execute good business decisions in an uncertain business environment.
Alternatives to This Course
Executive Decision Skills focuses on individual decision-making skills. For courses that emphasize organizational decision-making capabilities or for advanced training for corporate decision support staff, consider SDG's public courses, such as Dialogue Decision Process course or Decision Consulting Workshop.