Strategic Decision Making
Strengthen leadership judgement and make clearer, more confident business decisions. This practical course helps leaders reduce bias, navigate complexity and apply strategic thinking in real organisational scenarios.
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Analyse decisions using structured strategic frameworks
- Recognise and reduce perception, bias and judgement errors
- Apply models such as VUCA and Cynefin to complex situations
- Understand personal decision-making preferences and styles
- Facilitate stronger strategic discussions with stakeholders
- Make decisions with greater clarity, confidence and impact
Who is this course for?
Managers, leaders, business partners and project leads responsible for making medium to high stakes decisions in corporate environments. Ideal for those wanting to improve strategic judgement, influence outcomes and lead confidently through uncertainty.
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Course Outline
Course overview
Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours)
Strategic decision making is messy, complex and full of uncertainty. These are factors which work against the human mind when it comes to making effective decisions.
This course provides delegates with insights into the factors influencing strategic decision making.
Using psychometric profiles delegates will learn about their own preferences when making decisions, how to influence others and how to create the ideal conditions for successful strategic decision making.
Objectives
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Explain the challenges of VUCA – Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity & Ambiguous
- Use models of Strategic Thinking
- Understand the impact of perception, bias and judgement in decision making
- Understand personal preferences and approaches to decision making
- Speed read other people’s approach to decision making
- Use decision making models for strategic thinking
- Apply Mindsets, Skillsets and Toolsets for decision making
Content
The decision lifestyle - personal preferences
- Understand the human facts that influence decision making
- Understanding personal preferences and approaches to decision making
- Understand the impact of Perception, Bias and judgement in decision making
- Speed reading others’ approach to decision making
Frameworks to provide context for decision making
- Understand the business factors that influence decision making – VUCA
- The Cynefin Framework – decision making in complex situations
- Understanding which business context you operate in – simple, complicated, complex or chaotic
Models to improve strategic thinking
- How to understand yourself better
- How to improve your decision making
- How to understand others better
- How to improve other’s decision making
Human centred decision making
- How to put humans at the centre of your decision making
- The art of Creative Problem Solving
- Using Design Thinking to reduce human complexity in decision making
Why Choose Underscore for Leadership Training?
Underscore Group delivers practical, instructor-led leadership and personal development training that helps people communicate clearly, build confidence, and work more effectively with others. Based in Sussex and supporting organisations across the UK, we specialise in relatable, real-world learning that strengthens capability at every level — from early-career professionals to experienced managers.
Every session is tailored to your organisation’s culture, values and ways of working, ensuring the skills taught transfer directly into day-to-day behaviour. Our leadership and people-skills programmes are trusted by organisations across finance, aviation, healthcare, construction and professional services.
- Trusted by leading UK organisations
- Expert trainers with real business experience
- Small-group sessions (6–8 people)
- Practical, hands-on learning approach
- Virtual & onsite delivery across the UK
- Six months of post-course support
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