Can't Make Up Your Mind?

Course ID: 189                         Course Length: 1 day(s)

Overview:

Every day we are bombarded by many choices, often under high-stress conditions. All of these choices demand a decision - now! Without solid decision making skills, you waste valuable time in decision deadlocks. This challenging seminar offers basic strategies for effective decision-making, including the "eight steps to good decisions" strategy.

Objectives:
At the end of the workshop participants should be able to:

• Understand sources of miscalculation
• Keep an open mind to challenging information
• Search for and evaluate information even when under
  high conflict
• Handle conflicting opinions
• Overcome the barriers to making quality decisions
• Implement the "eight step" path to quality decisions
• Make a commitment to quality decisions
• Handle post decisional conflicts

Topics:

• Decision-making strategies
• Sources of stress in decision-making
• A model for emergency decision making
• Defensive avoidance and unconscious conflict
• Wishful thinking
• Stages of decision making
• Bolstering tactics
• Deciding what information to seek or avoid
• Fear of the unknown
• Constructive vs. unconstructive procrastination
• Coercive pressure
• Effects of commitment

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