Strategic Decision Making for Leaders

Executive Education Open Programmes Lead yourself and others confi dently through uncertain times by improving your decision-making skills with this practical two-day programme.

Programme duration and dates PROGRAMME OVERVIEW Day One Leaders and managers must deal with high The programme begins by looking at the theory Two-days levels of uncertainty, an ever-changing and frameworks behind eff ective decision Programme dates available at: competitive landscape and diverse virtual making and focuses on process over outcomes. www.cass.city.ac.uk/execed-calendar teams. Some imply long-term investments and Participants will explore how to master the consequences, whereas others require agility key principles of behavioural decision science and optionality. Understanding the tools and and equip themselves to make decisions that techniques that enable them to lead complex are complicated by the constraints of time decision-making processes with rigorous and pressure, imperfect data or too much data. critical thinking will help them incentivise and Day Two make the right decisions even under pressure Participants work in small groups on decision- and with imperfect information to hand. making tools, analyses and cases while gaining hands-on experience on modelling WHO IS THE PROGRAMME FOR? objectives, -off s, uncertainties and risks. Executives and senior managers across all The day has two main objectives, to create a departments who are moving from tactical safe environment for participants to get input to strategic roles and are involved in cross- and feedback from their peers and to enable functional decision making will benefi t from participants to work with these tools after they this programme. It is equally important to return to their organisations. those whose industries are experiencing high levels of uncertainty and change. This BENEFITS includes anyone dealing with important multi- ■ Understand the key drivers of good and stakeholder decisions in the private or public bad decisions and the diff erences between sector. decisions and outcomes

FOCUS AND STRUCTURE ■ Establish a discipline of good decision making in your organisation and create the This is a highly experiential programme right environment for great decision making that blends theory and practice. You will learn a framework for analysing and making ■ Learn how to analyse barriers to good complex decisions that incorporates multiple decision making, including social and stakeholder perspectives. Discover our human psychological biases biases and the way we are all aff ected by them ■ Gain insights into the human side as well as strategies for diff using them. of decision making as explained by Participants will learn to apply decision- behavioural decision science making tools to analyse situations as well as ■ Develop tools and techniques to help key pitfalls of intuition, leading to smarter you make strategic decisions and build decisions that achieve better results. As a optionality into your decision-making result of the programme, participants will be process able to transfer their learning to the workplace and have confi dence in the strategic decisions ■ Practice analysis and decision making they make. in a safe environment to improve your performance in the workplace.

Cass Executive Education  Aldersgate Street ECA HD T: + ()   E: [email protected] www.cass.city.ac.uk/execed-open WORLDCLASS FACULTY LED BY OUR SIGNATURE APPROACH Prof. Laure Cabantous Today’s ever-changing business environment Laure is Professor of Strategy and Organisation needs agile leaders. Our programmes off er at Cass . Previously, she world-class learning experiences that provide worked at , ESCP the relevance, fl exibility and personalisation Europe, Nottingham University Business you need to create a positive impact on your School, and the Centre for Decision Research at career and your business’ bottom-line. We Leeds University Business School. understand that research comes alive when applied. Our faculty are more than top-rated Laure’s research agenda is organised around researchers. They are actively involved in three core topics. First, she has an interest in business, where they work with organisations, the performative power of theories - that is leaders and policy-makers as practitioners, their ability to shape the world and business advisers and non-executive board members. practices. Second, Laure is passionate about decision making. She studies decision-making For us it’s not just about individual processes both at the organisational and development, it’s also about collaboration. Other Open Programmes the individual levels. She focuses on cases Our programmes are built on shared goals, where decision makers experience knightian shared thinking and shared investment in ■ Leadership Communication uncertainty. Third, Laure has a specifi c interest long-term relationships. Together, we help ■ Leading Digital Transformations for the and reinsurance industries. you gain access to subject-matter experts, forge new relationships, strengthen existing ■ Laure is a Fulbright Fellow and a former student Becoming an Effective Leader ones and harness the power of idea-sharing of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Cachan). ■ Effective Negotiation Skills with your peers. Meet global executives She holds a PhD from the Toulouse School of shaping the future of business and return to ■ Professional Development (France), a Master of Research in your organisation with fi rst-hand industry Programme for Aspiring Environmental Economics from the University knowledge and networks that will refresh your Non-Executive Directors Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne, a Master in thinking and decision-making. from the University Paris XII, ■ for Non-Financial Leaders and a BA in Psychology from the University of ■ Developing your Core Consulting Toulouse II-Le Mirail. PROGRAMMES FOR Skills. MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY SIR JOHN Mix and match our one to fi ve day open enrolment programmes to create your Based in the heart of London, with unrivalled personalised development plan. Identify access to the capital’s global business which topics you need and when you need network and leaders, Cass Business School is them to gain knowledge and enhance your consistently ranked amongst the best in the skills, just-in-time. world. For nearly half a century, our reputation for excellence in research and business Our modular programmes give you:

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Our executive and leadership development ■ Building-blocks to meet your personalised programmes inspire businesses and development objectives the individuals who drive them to excel ■ Transformational experiences for above and beyond their objectives. individuals, teams or whole organisations We provide you with more than education – we create an opportunity to collaborate with ■ Opportunity for alumnus qualifi cation and experts and fully immerse yourself in your access to our exclusive alumni network. peers’ collective knowledge and experience, while gaining feedback and ongoing support AN EXPERIENCE IN THE HEART OF to deliver measurable results. Designed for GLOBAL BUSINESS high-level professionals who want game- London is one of the world’s great business changing impact, our Open Enrolment centres and a hub of creativity and Portfolio covers areas vital to today’s innovation. With the leaders. Programmes include leadership, as our Chancellor, we provide unparalleled general management, fi nance and particular connections to an elite network of businesses specialisations. and organisations. Learn with the people shaping markets and leading new trends in our executive development facility, designed with active, collaborative working in mind.