Introduction
In today's competitive business climate, it is imperative that leaders know how to make key decisions quickly and decisively. In this course, participants will learn how to apply formal decision-making processes in order to reduce risk and choose the best course of action for their organisation.

Typical Objectives:

	Analysing and prioritising competing business needs
	Prioritising tasks in order to achieve your objectives
	Framing and categorizing situations to aid in making effective, objective decisions
	Developing a robust decision making strategy
	Proven strategies for beating procrastination and for getting the most out of meetings

Sample Programme
You make decisions every day. In addition, other people are constantly making decisions that have an impact on you. If you can learn to make timely and well-considered decisions, then you can often lead your team to spectacular and well-deserved success. However, if you make poor decisions, your team risks failure and your time as a leader will, most likely, be brutally short.

Outline

	Welcome and introductions
	Prioritisation - Making best use of your time and resources
	Pareto Analysis - Choosing what to change
	Paired Comparison Analysis - Working out the relative importance of different options
	Decision Trees - Choosing by valuing different options
	Force Field Analysis - Analyzing the pressures for and against change
	Cost-Benefit Analysis - Seeing whether a decision makes financial sense
	Creating your own decision making processes
	Action Planning

Activities to consider:

	Facilitation Skills
	Mind Mapping
	Quicker, Better Meetings
	Time Management

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2007

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