Becoming a Leader - Developing Your Style and Making Sound Decisions Harvard University

Overview

• It combines theory and practice to inform participants on how effective decisions are made, as well as how bad decisions can be avoided. Attention will be paid to recent research in neuroscience on the dual aspects of the decision-making process: intuitive vs. rational, and the respective values of both.
• The Becoming a Leader - Developing Your Style and Making Sound Decisions programme is offered at the Harvard University.

• Similarly, the qualities that make for an outstanding leader will be discussed, especially in terms of strategic decision making and implementation to maximize results for the organization. Tools and strategies learned will expand your ability to become a more confident leader.

Key facts

• The psychological pitfalls in decision making
• Establishing a culture of decisive action in a company to counteract indecision
• Coping with “information overload” in decision making
• Regularly using the decision-making process, and not as a periodic event
• The importance of psychological self-awareness, especially cognitive biases and the illusion of rationality
• Personal qualities of successful leaders
• Models of “transformational leaders” for analysis and application
• Earn a Certificate of Participation from the Harvard University Division of Continuing Education