Empower yourself to make smart choices
Every day as a manager, you’re asked to make choices—yet many managers report that making decisions is one of their biggest professional challenges. Fortunately, making better strategic decisions is a skill that can be learned through practice and mastery of key tools and perspectives.
In this workshop, you will explore the elements of effective strategic decision making and practical solutions for overcoming common decision-making challenges. Expand your vision of what’s possible. Identify the most strategically important dimensions on which to ground your decisions. Apply proven techniques for finding the best options in the face of complexity, uncertainty and conflicting objectives. Increase your confidence as a skilled leader who makes smart decisions that benefit the organization and its people.
Strategic Decision Making
How you will learn
The course combines case studies, group activities and real-world simulations to explore the concepts and tools of strategic decision making. You will apply what you are learning to your own strategic decisions, and leave better equipped to improve your decision-making effectiveness back at work.
Who is this for?
Professionals responsible for making complex decisions in their organizations, such as:
- Executives, strategists, senior leaders and others who drive organizational innovation and change
- Mid-level managers and directors in public and private sector organizations
- Leaders of cross-functional teams, including marketing, finance and operations
- Data analytics and business intelligence professionals
- High-potentials preparing for career growth
The impact
Embarking on an Executive Education program focused on strategic decision making can be a transformative experience for individuals seeking to enhance their professional impact. Participants stand to gain a multitude of benefits:
Think critically to make informed decisions:
- Become aware of the factors that influence individual and group decision making
- Analyze the most important features of the decision you need to make
- Understand the big-picture impacts of your decisions
Formulate effective strategies:
- Extract meaning from the clutter of data
- Evaluate options to choose the soundest solution
- Blend intuition and analysis to select the best next move
Sharpen your skillset:
- Recognize how you currently make decisions, and learn how to do it even better
- Avoid decision-making barriers and bottlenecks
- Apply proven techniques that deliver quality results
Become a catalyst of change:
- Navigate the unknowns and leverage new opportunities
- Respond decisively and consistently when faced with uncertainty
- Make great decisions that contribute to organizational growth
- Analyze the problems you wish to resolve, and link decision-making issues to strategic goals
- Articulate your organizational strategy to ensure your team keeps moving in the right strategic direction
- Perceive your environment from multiple angles to discover strategic options and predict consequences
- Develop an advanced strategic decision-making toolkit
- Avoid unconscious biases and traps that lead to false reasoning and unfavorable outcomes
- Make decisions involving multiple goals and stakeholders
- Take your career to the next level by becoming a more effective strategic leader
Contact us for registration support
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UBC Sauder Executive Education,
Dr. Steven Minns
Steven is a Lecturer in the Strategy and Business Economics Division at the UBC Sauder School of Business. His academic interests include business strategy, international business, innovation, decision making and public policy; and he has just co-authored the recently published book 'Government Policy, Business and Society'. He has a PhD from University of British Columbia, an MBA from Imperial College Business School, London and a Bachelors from University of London.
Before joining Sauder, Steven was Head of Project Management at Taylor Woodrow, an international development and infrastructure firm with operations throughout Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East. He now teaches in multiple programs at Sauder and his courses include ‘Strategy and Economics of Innovation’, ‘Environment, Society and Government’, as well as ‘Strategic Decision Making’. As well as delivering the SDM course in the open enrollment program, he has delivered customized Strategic Decision Making courses to clients throughout Canada and in Hong Kong.
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Why UBC Sauder Executive Education?
Elevate your career and organization with UBC Sauder. Recognized as a global leader in executive education by the Financial Times, our programs deliver a transformative learning experience, resulting in tangible impact.
Elevate your career and organization with UBC Sauder. Recognized as a global leader in executive education by the Financial Times, our programs deliver a transformative learning experience, resulting in tangible impact.
