Making Winning Business Decisions

A Framework for Critical Thinking and Decision Making

More people are making more decisions—and are being forced to make them faster—in an increasingly unpredictable and less forgiving environment. More is at stake than ever before. In this sped-up world, you’re likely to have exactly one shot to get a decision right, not three. And if you get it wrong, you have less time to correct mistakes and reestablish credibility.

Decision-making prowess is a skill that can and should be learned. Why do well-intentioned, smart, experienced professionals make poor decisions far too often? We believe it’s because they haven’t been taught a disciplined process for making winning decisions. Left to fend for themselves, they’ve relied on intuition, brains, luck, common sense, and training within the narrow bounds of their professional expertise. Unfortunately, in today’s environment those aren’t sufficient.

This Learning Sprint:

• Illuminates your current decision-making process using a challenging case study.
• Takes you through the process and challenges inherent in framing decisions and gathering intelligence in a second case exercise.
• Guides you through a process for coming to conclusions and learning from experience based on the results of your case study.
• Prepare your leaders for effective critical thinking so you can avoid the costly pitfalls of today’s high-stakes business environment.

The Sprint is based on Paul J.H. Schoemaker’s bestselling books Decision Traps and Winning Decisions.