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Time for Decision!™ | Decision-Making Training Activity
Time for Decision!™ | Decision-Making Training Activity
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Based on a real incident, here’s a chance to practise clear thinking and decision making under pressure.
to practice handling tough decisions under pressure
to maintain a logical approach to problem solving
to have a sense of urgency but to avoid panic
to take all the constraints and variables into account
Repeat Use Licence Included (see Licence)
Excellent Value! Use over & over with your teams!
Prix
£495
ex. VAT
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Product details
- Type Training Activity
- Timing 1 hour + debrief
- Use F2F & Virtual
- Target Audience All Levels
- Min Participants 3
- Max Participants* 24
- *More delegates? Contact Us
- Computer Required Optional
- Printer Required No
- Supply Format Digital Copy
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- Factsheet Télécharger
Northgate says...
"Very useful activity for getting people to focus on using a decision-making model to solve problems. It is supplied digitally and so can be used in virtual classrooms or you can print for use in face-to-face training."
- To practice handling tough decisions under pressure
- To maintain a logical approach to problem solving
- To have a sense of urgency but to avoid panic
- To take all the constraints and variables into account
- To reach consensus decisions within the team
Ideally suited to:
Developing clear thinking while at the same time coping with a sense of urgency. The longer the decisions take to make, the fewer the options available!
Having just taken off in a passenger jet from Khartoum Airport you have a problem with the flaps. There’s no imminent danger but you need to land for repairs. Returning to Khartoum is not as good an idea as it might appear - there’s no chance of re-fuelling there so you’d have to wait - and that has a massive knock-on effect on your airline’s schedules. Cairo would normally be an option but they are experiencing severe sandstorms. As your pilot hours tick away, there’s the added problem of the availability of relief crews to fly the plane on to its final destination in London. While you are weighing up these and other constraints you are of course using up fuel - and that in itself narrows down the options. A decision is needed - and fast!
An audio recording simulates radio transmissions and the growing sense of urgency, which adds realism to the task. And regular time announcements put teams under even more pressure as they work out how best to get back to Heathrow, with the minimum of disruption.
Clear lessons emerge about decision-making processes and the need to have a calm, logical approach under pressure.
- Introduce the activity
- Issue Team Briefs and map
- Allow 15 minutes for teams to elicit further information from you (supply them with the appropriate datacards that are only available on written request)
- Allow a further 5 minutes for discussion, then announce take off and play the audio recording
- After 10-15 minutes, teams hand in a revised Flight Schedule
- Discuss what happened and encourage groups to share the decisions they made with others. Did they all make the same decision? What factors led them to their decisions?
- Discuss best practice and agree a decision-making model the teams can adopt at work.
Full guidance supplied in the Trainer’s Notes.
- Trainer’s Notes
- Audio Recording (MP3 file)
- Team Briefs
- Chart
- Set of 12 Datacards
- Planning Sheet
- Decision Sheet
This activity is supplied digitally via the Northgate Trainerhub. No delivery charges apply.
This Northgate Training activity comes with a five-year licence for repeat use with up to 24 participants at a time, for use by Trainers based at one licence-holding site.
All Trainers physically based at the same office location can access the Northgate resources during the five-year term, including the digital resources supplied on the Trainerhub via your own site-specific Trainer Dashboard. If you have Trainers based at other locations, and/or remote workers, who would like to access and use the Northgate resources, we can advise further depending on your requirements.
For further information on our licence terms please view the Northgate Licence Agreement.
To use with more than 24 or for multiple site licences please contact us for a quote.
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Jon Davies, MD, Get the Edge UK Training & Consultancy We use 'Time for Decision!' on our "Unlocking the Leader Within" programme, on our Problem Solving and Decision Making module. This exercise puts leaders under the spotlight, challenging them to absorb complex information quickly, weigh up strategic options and make accurate decisions under pressure. One of the greatest responsibilities of a manager is the ability to make decisions. Yet so often, indecision creeps in - and when it does, it stifles results, slows progress, and can even choke the momentum of a business. It was powerful to watch the group step into that space, moving from hesitation to clarity, and experiencing firsthand how confident decision-making drives results.
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Mark Kassab, MD & Senior Associate, MJK Fire Do the basics extraordinarily well! Almost every subject I coach, train and teach is rooted in effective decision-making, particularly when under pressure. 'Time for Decision!' is one of my most commonly used tabletop exercises for ingraining the fundamentals. And action learning is one of the most effective ways of developing muscle memory.
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Celine Marti, Learning & Development Advisor, Starr Underwriting Agents Ltd 'Time for Decision!' was a huge success. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it and was very engaged from beginning to end. They particularly enjoyed the audio recording which was a great touch as is made the whole situation feel more 'real'. It was also great to include the three best options in the Trainer's Notes because when we had finished, everyone (as expected) wanted to know the best decision. We will definitely be using this activity again.
C
Clive Bradley, MD, The Leadership Group Ltd We ran 'Time for Decision!' virtually which worked really well. The participants thoroughly engaged with the exercise and really enjoyed it.
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Anon, Consultant 'Time for Decision!' is excellent, especially for learning to avoid the 'action-anxiety trap'!
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Jon Davies, MD, Get the Edge UK Training & Consultancy We use 'Time for Decision!' on our "Unlocking the Leader Within" programme, on our Problem Solving and Decision Making module. This exercise puts leaders under the spotlight, challenging them to absorb complex information quickly, weigh up strategic options and make accurate decisions under pressure. One of the greatest responsibilities of a manager is the ability to make decisions. Yet so often, indecision creeps in - and when it does, it stifles results, slows progress, and can even choke the momentum of a business. It was powerful to watch the group step into that space, moving from hesitation to clarity, and experiencing firsthand how confident decision-making drives results.
M
Mark Kassab, MD & Senior Associate, MJK Fire Do the basics extraordinarily well! Almost every subject I coach, train and teach is rooted in effective decision-making, particularly when under pressure. 'Time for Decision!' is one of my most commonly used tabletop exercises for ingraining the fundamentals. And action learning is one of the most effective ways of developing muscle memory.
C
Celine Marti, Learning & Development Advisor, Starr Underwriting Agents Ltd 'Time for Decision!' was a huge success. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it and was very engaged from beginning to end. They particularly enjoyed the audio recording which was a great touch as is made the whole situation feel more 'real'. It was also great to include the three best options in the Trainer's Notes because when we had finished, everyone (as expected) wanted to know the best decision. We will definitely be using this activity again.
C
Clive Bradley, MD, The Leadership Group Ltd We ran 'Time for Decision!' virtually which worked really well. The participants thoroughly engaged with the exercise and really enjoyed it.
A
Anon, Consultant 'Time for Decision!' is excellent, especially for learning to avoid the 'action-anxiety trap'!