Strategic Decision-Making for Leaders

Strategic Decision-Making for Leaders

ARMY IGNITED CRITERIA 

Course Overview

This course will teach students how to be Strategic, Master Problem Solvers.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Participants will gain practical skills to:

• Identify the correct key issues in any problem situation and decide on an accurate problem solving strategy
• Determine the correct problem statement of a situation that is deviating from its standard to identify the accurate starting point
• Determine both the Technical and Root Causes of a problem to arrive at the most appropriate solution
• Find the most appropriate and innovative solution for a root cause or a seemingly unsolvable problem situation
• Identify the hidden risks in a plan/decision/action and develop both avoiding and contingents actions as part of a mitigation plan

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This Operational Problem Solving & Decision Making course is appropriate for individuals who:

• Are in Management, Supervision and Team Lead roles
• Are Project Management Professionals actively involved in executing project deliverables
• Are enrolled in Leadership Development programs
• Are interested in acquiring a professional certificate as a Professional Problem Solver (IPPS™)

PREREQUISITES

• There are no prerequisites.
• Course is available to any individual that would like to further their abilities in how to make decisions and solve incidents/problems in challenging incident and problem situations to arrive at the correct answer “first time every time”.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Core Issue Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Solution Finding and Risk Analysis
• Cross-silo collaboration, virtual collaboration, influencing and negotiation skills, Interrogative questioning skills, Stakeholder engagement and alignment, Effective management of Subject Matter Expert information sources.

LIVE COACHING FROM WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERT, DR. MATT FOURIE

• Students enrolled in this course will also receive three (3) hours of personal coaching / mentoring, via Zoom, with Dr. Matt Fourie.
• You can use the three hours in 1 or 2 sessions; you can go over the course material, or you can bring active, current problems to be solved and get personal coaching on how to solve the problem and / or lead your team to the best successful conclusion.

MATERIALS

• You will receive the course e-workbook in Critical Thinking Skills and a set of Process Question Cards to use in meetings and with teams and individuals.
• Additionally you will receive a set of Virtual Collaboration Electronic Excel worksheets and the Chuck Kepner and Matt Fourie e-book called Thinking Beyond the Ordinary.

QUALIFICATION EXAMINATION

• On successful completion of this workshop you would be eligible to take the Institute for Professional Problem Solvers (IPPS) exam to earn the Foundation Problem Solver (FPS) certification and qualification.
• This certificate would be the entrance requirement for taking the Practitioner Problem Solver (PPS) and Master Problem Solver (MPS) qualifications.