Decision Making Under Pressure

• Enthusiasm to learn some of the practical applications of human psychology.

Audience:

• All Management Roles.
• Accountable Managers, Safety or Risk Post Holders.
• Experienced Managers looking to elevate their risk & safety management skills.

Overview:

This course explores the primary influences on decision-making under pressure. Nothing piles on the pressure quite like a crisis and this course aims to provide civil servants with the tools that they need to analyse the situation and make good decisions in times of uncertainty.
The course adopts a holistic approach to manage complex systems. The current global pandemic has accelerated change in many areas of strategy and this course utilises proven tools to enable civil servants to make good decisions whilst under pressure. In addition, we will consider how to effectively mitigate emergent threats be they physical or digital. The course has a number of high-profile case studies from various industries which are analysed and discussed collectively and presented from various perspectives by the delegates.
Assessment techniques will be explored and applied to real world scenarios. Delegates will evaluate crises and decide what course of action is best given the limited information available. The course provides the delegates with the confidence to directly engage with risk-based decisions within a complex operating environment.
The course ties into the Better Business Case methodology. The Better Business Case is the UK government’s best practice approach to enable civil servants to develop spending proposals and make effective business decisions.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the nature of complex systems and how to manage within them.
• Identify strategies to mitigate the impact of new technologies on risk strategies.
• Enhance the resilience of their risk management system.

Format of the Course:

• Facilitated and group discussion.
• Scenario based presentations, briefings and case study analysis.
• Break out scenario workshops and group presentation.

• Introduction
• Causes of pressure
• Types of crisis
• Culture
• Stakeholder management
• Risk
• Strategic tools
• Psychometrics – play to your strengths
• Communication refresher
• Graded assertiveness tools
• Cybersecurity
• Strategies to manage high-pressure situation
• Hacktivism
• Dealing with press conferences
• Case studies – what would you do?
• Defining the problem
• Defining how you are going to solve it
• Decision Trees
• Decision Matrices
• Force Field Analysis
• Goal setting
• Problem-solving
• Brainstorming
• Change management
• Communication protocols
• Summary and Next Steps