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Decision Making Skills for Leaders

Decision-making is a key skill in the workplace, and is particularly important if a leader wants to be effective.

Whether deciding which person to hire, which supplier to use, or which strategy to pursue, the ability to make a good decision with available information is vital. It would be easy if there was one formula that could be used in any situation, but there isn't. Each decision presents its own challenges, and we all have different ways of approaching problems.

So, how to avoid making bad decisions – or leaving decisions to chance? The leader needs a systematic approach to decision-making so that, no matter what type of decision he/she has to make, he/she can take decisions with confidence.

Decision Making Skills for Leaders, Training program can be offered to Corporate Clients, SMEs, and Private and Public establishments across India. All our programs are customized to suit the participants’ training needs. A detailed Training Design Document will be sent before the implementation of this training program.

Key Learning Points:

	Identify the purpose of decision. What is exactly the problem to be solved? Why it should be solved?
	Gather information. What factors does the problem involve?
	Identify the principles to judge the alternatives. What standards and judgment criteria should the solution meet?
	Brainstorm and list different possible choices. Generate ideas for possible solutions.
	Evaluate each choice in terms of its consequences. Use your standards and judgment criteria to determine the cons and pros of each alternative.
	Determine the best alternative.
	Put the decision into action. Transform your decision into specific plan of action steps. Execute your plan.
	Evaluate the outcome of your decision and action steps. What lessons can be learnt? This is an important step for further development of decision making skills and judgment.

Ideal/Useful for:

• Managers (All Levels)
• Team leaders
• Supervisors and Employees involved in day-to-day decision making. (eg. Purchasing Manager).

Learning Benefits:

Be a strong and confident decision maker
Quickly and accurately weigh risks against rewards
Consistently “make the right call”
Reach optimal solutions more quickly than ever before
Uncover the hidden opportunities in “problems”
Use “what if” thinking to avoid costly mistakes
Look beyond the boundaries of self-limiting perspectives
Remove obstacles with simple solutions
Be a visionary
Thoroughly judge a situation

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Training Locations:

We have offered Corporate Training Solutions across India including cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi (+ Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Noida), Kolkatta, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Cochin, Coimbatore, Pondicherry (Pondy), Goa, Vijayawada, Vizag, Vishakapatnam, Rajamudry, Belgaum, Mysore, Padubidri, Mangalore, Chitradurga, Hospet, Nagarcoil, Tirunelveli, Chandigarh, Karnal, Lucknow, Meerut, Ahmadabad, Baroda, Rajkot, Pune, Lonavla, Jaipur, Dewas, Indoor, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Gawahati and Raipur.