London Training For Excellence Critical Thinking for Better Judgement and Decision Making London Training For Excellence
Price: AED 17,998
Instructor led live virtual classroom online. Classes may be individual or in group.

    Course details

    Overview
    In just about any industry or any role we are almost constantly involved in solving problems. We make progress by constantly searching for better solutions. Each of us is different and therefore thinks in different ways. By better understanding how we and others prefer to think we can make better decisions and find solutions which work for the organisation as whole. In this workshopyou will developthe skills to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant willpractice solving problems in groups using a variety of established learn good brainstorming techniques as well ashow to improve your relationships at work by adapting your preferred thinking style to that of others and in so doing producing creative and highly effective solutions.

    Objective
    By the end of this interactive training programme, you will be able to:
    • Understand how to think critically in different situations
    • See how problems that have occurred within your business could have been handled differently
    • Implement preventative techniques to stop problems from occurring
    • Understand ways in which different approaches apply to different situations
    • Access a range of problem-solving techniques for different situations
    • Access at speed a variety of possible solutions to problems and determine the best option

    Who Should Attend
    • Team leaders
    • Managers
    • Section/department heads
    • Project managers
    • Facilitators
    • Consultants
    • Anyone who wishes to improve their critical thinking and problem solving skills

    Course Outlines
    Module 1 - Introduction to critical thinking and problem solving
    • Balancing people processes and principles for optimal decisions
    • Business drivers that demand creative problem solving
    • Deciphering critical thinking
    • The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI)
    Module 2 - Personal Thinking Styles
    • Assessing your preferred approach to thinking
    • Identifying left/right-brain dominance
    • Identifying your own natural brain dominance
    • Determining non-dominant approaches
    • Managing thinking preferences
    • Avoiding quadrant bias
    • Bridging opposing styles
    • Leveraging whole-brain thinking
    • Predicting co-worker profiles

     

    Module 3 - Unleashing Your Creativity and Solving Problems
    • Using Analysis and Prioritisation
    • The creative environment
    • Setting the creative stage
    • The power of positive communication
    • Identifying elements that stimulate creativity
    • Eliminating barriers to innovation
    • Group creative thinking
    • Brainstorming options
    • Challenging assumptions
    • Dispelling personal and corporate myths
    • Six hats (de Bono)
    • The iterative mind
    • Moving between quadrants
    • Valuing non-dominant preferences
    • Stretching outside your personal style
    • Recording the creative process
    • Mind mapping
    • Charts


    Module 4 - Systematic approaches to problem solving

    • The DECIDE Model
    • Define the problem
    • Establish Criteria
    • Focusing on outcomes
    • Leveraging blue thinkers
    • Consider possible solutions
    • Brainstorming
    • Leveraging yellow thinkers
    • Identify best solution
    • Identifying business-critical ideas
    • Categorising prioritizing and purging
    • Analysing for outcomes not solutions
    • Develop and implement plan of action
    • Overcoming "It won't work here" and "But we've always done it this way" mentality
    • Leveraging green and red thinkers
    • Evaluate and monitor the solution
    • Situation assessment
    • Problem evaluation

     

    Module 5 - Translating Creativity and Analysis into Practical
    • Application
    • Organisational politics
    • Recognising the workplace culture
    • Maintaining outcome-focused goals
    • The influence of decision-making styles
    • Recognising your own blind spots
    • Self-awareness and self-regulation
    • Forming a coalition with style opposites
    • Deploying your decision
    • Clearly expressing analysis results
    • Ensuring organisational benefit
    • Securing maximum buy-in

    Module 6 - Putting It All Together

    • Integrating your solution into the business
    • Creating a whole-brain presentation
    • Strengthening your non-dominant position
    • Adjusting communication to thinking styles
    • Transforming confrontation into communication

    Module 7 - Continuing your development

    • Conducting self-checks
    • Being persistent

    Module 8 - Your Personal Decision-Making Toolkit

    • Your personal thinking style
    • Your stakeholders' styles
    • Flexing to colleagues' styles
    • Committing to your Personal Action Plan
    • Checklists for success
    Updated on 21 August, 2024

    About London Training For Excellence

    Empowering Professionals for Over a Decade

    London Training for Excellence is a leading provider of professional development programmes, established in 2013. For over eleven years, we have been committed to equipping individuals and organisations with the skills and knowledge they need to excel in today's ever-evolving business landscape.

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