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Why Choose this Training Course? |
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This advanced
management and leadership training course offers a step by step journey from
problem identification to solution generation and additionally to evaluate
creative techniques that challenge more traditional models of "outcomes
thinking”. It offers wide range of tools and techniques and insights into how
leaders can inspire the creative process within themselves and their teams
and the wider organisation. Delegates will leave energized and convinced of
their creative potential. Decision making and problem solving represent the
most important of all managerial and leadership activities; if you can make
timely, well-considered and informed decisions, then you can lead your team
and organisation to deserved success. This training course will feature:
ü The psychology of personality
and how this influences the solutions we select.
ü The application of whole brain
thinking to the problem solving process.
ü How to balance the logical and
creative dimensions of problem solving.
ü Assessing personal creativity
and challenge the mental blocks that limit our thinking.
ü How to build an agenda for
creative leadership. |
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What are the Goals? |
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By the end of this
training course, participants will be able to:
ü Determine pragmatic methods
for effective problem solving.
ü Appreciate the impact of
personality on the decision making and problem solving process.
ü Evaluate and apply a
structured approach to generate solutions to organisational issues.
ü Assess personal and organisational
creativity and set an agenda for progression.
ü Apply appropriate creative
problem solving techniques that generate original solutions. |
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Who is this Training Course for? |
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This training
course is suitable to a wide range of professionals or anyone wishing to
improve their communication, interpersonal, problem solving and decision
making skills. It will have specific appeal to:
ü Leaders who seek to challenge
the culture of their organisation and ignite innovation.
ü Team leaders interested in
further developing their management skills and building collaborative
practice.
ü Professionals wanting to
further develop their management and leadership techniques.
ü Organisational leaders who
make key business decisions.
ü New members of the management
teams & anyone wishing to improve their communication, interpersonal,
problem solving and decision making skills. |
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The Course Content: |
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Day One:The
Psychology of Problem Solving and Decision Making |
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Introduction: Why
study problem solving and decision making
A synopsis of psychological
thought
Values, Problem
Solving and Bias in Decision Making
Psychological type
and Lateral Thinking for Problem Solving
Psychometric
assessment on your problem solving preferences
Using a team
approach to encourage structured and lateral thinking |
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Day
Two:Problem Solving, the Cognitive Process and Whole Brain Thinking |
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Problem solving:
the highest order cognitive process
Split brain theory
to make informed and balanced decisions
Developing
openness to new ideas in making decisions
The model of creative
problem solving & Lessons in facing the unexpected events
Decision Making
and the Management of Change |
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Day
Three:Creating Continuous Improvement in the Workplace |
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Encouraging
creative problem solving for continuous improvement
Appreciative Enquiry
and a focus on positive dialogues
Solution focus
methodology: a radical transformational approach to solving problems
Diagnostic tools
for organisational improvement
Using techniques
to innovate and improve process and product
The Disney
Creative Thinking Strategy |
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Day
Four:Building Creative Capability in Self and Removing Mental Blocks |
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‘How creative am
I’? Challenging self-imposed assumptions
Thinking outside
the box and ‘Imagineering’: current examples from technology
A model for
organisational innovation
Organisational
culture and its influence on the creative organisation
Creative
leadership in times of crisis: the role of emotional intelligence in decision
making |
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Day Five:The
Creative Leader in the Innovative Organisation |
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Leadership style
and decision making activities
Enhancing
Serendipity
Ensuring alignment
with corporate mission
Assessing
creativity in your organisation
Creating
"innovation champions" as a strategy for fostering change
Developing a
personal action plan for the workplace and assessment guidance |
