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13-17 Jan 2025Dubai - UAE$5,950
28 Apr-02 May 2025London - UK$5,950
16-20 Jun 2025Houston - USA$6,950
11-15 Aug 2025Amsterdam - The Netherlands$5,950
03-07 Nov 2025London - UK$5,950

Training Course Overview

Strategic decisions are among the most crucial and challenging choices we make. These decisions involve balancing multiple, conflicting objectives and perspectives, with long-term, unpredictable impacts and significant resource commitments.

In this Strategic Decision-Making Models for Managers training course, you will have the opportunity to navigate these complexities and master the art and science of strategic decision-making. You will learn proven techniques for making effective decisions amidst complexity, uncertainty, and conflicting goals.

Training Course Objectives

By attending this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Grasp the reasons for making decisions using the process of structured analysis
  • Identify when and how to involve others in the process making decisions or solving problem
  • Apply the steps to use to achieve the highest probability of successful decisions and solutions
  • Interpret and analyse data more successfully
  • Appreciate the significance and value of various problem-solving approaches and styles
  • Develop an operational framework for effectively facing a variety of problem situations

Designed For

This Anderson training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Managers who are or will be in leadership positions
  • Executives from across the organizations who are involved in important decisions
  • Team leaders
  • Anyone wishing to develop their decision readiness and confidence
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Training Course Overview

Strategic decisions are among the most crucial and challenging choices we make. These decisions involve balancing multiple, conflicting objectives and perspectives, with long-term, unpredictable impacts and significant resource commitments.

In this Strategic Decision-Making Models for Managers training course, you will have the opportunity to navigate these complexities and master the art and science of strategic decision-making. You will learn proven techniques for making effective decisions amidst complexity, uncertainty, and conflicting goals.

Training Course Objectives

By attending this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Grasp the reasons for making decisions using the process of structured analysis
  • Identify when and how to involve others in the process making decisions or solving problem
  • Apply the steps to use to achieve the highest probability of successful decisions and solutions
  • Interpret and analyse data more successfully
  • Appreciate the significance and value of various problem-solving approaches and styles
  • Develop an operational framework for effectively facing a variety of problem situations

Designed For

This Anderson training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Managers who are or will be in leadership positions
  • Executives from across the organizations who are involved in important decisions
  • Team leaders
  • Anyone wishing to develop their decision readiness and confidence

Day One: Effective Decision Making

  • Define decision making
  • Rational v emotional decision making
  • Individual v Collective
  • The science behind decisions
  • Avoiding decision making
  • Psychological biases

Day Two: Decision Models

  • Process of decision making
  • Kepner Tregoe
  • Decision trees
  • Other tools
  • Intuition: thinking fast and slow
  • Neuroscience – the brain is not 2 halves

Day Three: Problem Analysis/ Problem Solving

  • Types of problems
  • Problem solving process
  • Question bursts
  • Solving complex problems
  • Who makes decisions?
  • Getting consensus

Day Four: Managers and Decision-Making

  • Strategic decision making
  • Understanding the environment
  • Variables in strategy development
  • Option development/option selection
  • Delivering multiple goals, agendas, objectives
  • Building a strategic planning framework

Day Five: Engaging & Empowering Staff

  • The paradox: compliance v creativity
  • Agile decision making
  • What if mistakes occur?
  • Strategic drift
  • Decisions at an inflection point
  • Review and action planning

The Certificate

    Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

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Call us: +971 4 365 8363

Email: info@anderson.ae

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