| Description 
 
 
				
Using a case study approach, this course offers straightforward, easy-to-follow process designed to improve the way you make business decisions or any decision that can help you reach your goal. Our decisions and choices shape our professional and personal lives. Sadly, decision-making is seldom taught as a skill in its own right. This course will present a clear process and user-friendly techniques for making smart choices.
 Audience
 
 Leadership and Management Professionals
 
 Prerequisites
 
 None.
 
 Duration
 
 1 Day
 
 Course outline
 
 1. Assessing your decision making style
 2. Framing the decisionChoosing how to make decisions
Making business decisions
 3. Gathering informationIdentifying what you want to accomplish
Establishing objectives
 4.Analyzing the informationBetter information means better decisions
Intuition in the decision making process
 5. Why bad decisions happenAnalyzing the consequences
Determining tradeoffs
Determining risk tolerance
 6. Making the decisionAvoiding common mistakes
Avoiding mind snares
The relationship between stress and decision making
Learning not to lean on experts
 7. Auditing the results of decision makingDeciding how to decide: The metadecision
Avoiding bad decision making styles
Communicating your decision
Communicating with intent
 
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