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Professional team decision thinking

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  • Overview

    Learning aims

    To enable managers to appreciate and use their team's knowledge in the decision-making process.


    Team decision-making

    A manager has made some poor decisions - making them himself, rather than using his team's experience. He learns the four stages of professional team decision thinking: asking the right questions, creating a choice of answers, looking at the dangers of each particular option and then weighing up the chances of success. The programme is based on the book The Professional Decision Thinker by Ben Heirs.


    Helping L&D professional to...

    -Maximise the skills of all your team members.
    -Improve staff morale by listening and appreciating the input of individuals.
    -Make the right decisions and improve efficiency and productivity.


    Programme includes:

    Video (26 mins)
    Discussion guide (PDF)


    Featuring John Cleese

    A Video Arts production in association with Heineken, featuring John Cleese and Robert Lindsay.

  • Learning chapters

    1. How not to start a decision meeting http://w3ww.videoarts.com/product/PROB1 L01/How-not-to-start-a-decision-meeting http://w3ww.videoarts.com/images/products/PROB1 L01.jpg
      The replacement manager ascertains where the previous manager went wrong. The previous manager is taken back to the first meeting.... (read more)
    2. The ego barrier to decision making http://w3ww.videoarts.com/product/PROB1 L02/The-ego-barrier-to-decision-making http://w3ww.videoarts.com/images/products/PROB1 L02.jpg
      The new manager points out the previous manager's mistakes in the meeting.... (read more)
    3. Not developing a rich question http://w3ww.videoarts.com/product/PROB1 L03/Not-developing-a-rich-question http://w3ww.videoarts.com/images/products/PROB1 L03.jpg
      The new manager discusses the first manager's ego and introduces the four stages of decision making.... (read more)
    4. Developing a rich question http://w3ww.videoarts.com/product/PROB1 L04/Developing-a-rich-question http://w3ww.videoarts.com/images/products/PROB1 L04.jpg
      The new manager takes the place of the first manager in the meeting to show the correct way to build rich questions. Stage 1... (read more)
    5. The rigid mind to decision making http://w3ww.videoarts.com/product/PROB1 L05/The-rigid-mind-to-decision-making http://w3ww.videoarts.com/images/products/PROB1 L05.jpg
      The new manager points out that part of decision-making is to create alternatives. Stage 2... (read more)

    6. Encouraging alternatives http://w3ww.videoarts.com/product/PROB1 L06/Encouraging-alternatives http://w3ww.videoarts.com/images/products/PROB1 L06.jpg
      The new manager shows which decision sank the product and why. Pointing out that you always need options.... (read more)
    7. Not assessing the dangers and opportunities http://w3ww.videoarts.com/product/PROB1 L07/Not-assessing-the-dangers-and-opportunities http://w3ww.videoarts.com/images/products/PROB1 L07.jpg
      The new manager gives the first manager the chance to do it differently. He still manages to get it wrong.... (read more)
    8. Assessing the dangers and opportunities http://w3ww.videoarts.com/product/PROB1 L08/Assessing-the-dangers-and-opportunities http://w3ww.videoarts.com/images/products/PROB1 L08.jpg
      The new manager replaces the old one in the meeting showing him the importance of imagining things going wrong as well as succeeding. Stage 3... (read more)
    9. Weighing the chances http://w3ww.videoarts.com/product/PROB1 L09/Weighing-the-chances http://w3ww.videoarts.com/images/products/PROB1 L09.jpg
      The managers review the first three stages and then the new manger introduce Stage 4 and the consequences of success and failure.... (read more)
    10. Summary http://w3ww.videoarts.com/product/PROB1 L10/Summary http://w3ww.videoarts.com/images/products/PROB1 L10.jpg
      A summary of the lessons on decision making.... (read more)

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