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Catalog Number : agn1452
Title : Decision Focus®: Critical Thinking in Action
Speaker : Jane Weddle

Duration : 90 minutes

Webplay Recording Date : 5-7-2008
Webplay Price : $ 225 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Presenter: Jane Weddle, MA, CPPA, B-Coach

Webinar Title: Decision Focus ®: Critical Thinking In Action

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Webinar Purpose:

According to a recent survey, 81% of US corporations regularly provide problem solving and decision making training to their managerial and professional employees. Does yours? Critical thinking is considered to be a top skill needed in today’s workplace.

Today, more than ever, managers need critical thinking skills to quickly size up situations, solve problems, and make sound judgments. But even experienced managers are sometimes unable to do this as quickly and efficiently as we would like. A primary reason is that many people lack a structured process to recognize the early signs of problems, see the big picture, understand relationships between factors and take decisive action. This session will explore one of the 5 Decision Focus Tools™ being used by organizations all over the world and learn the benefits and value of developing rational approaches to problem solving and decision making.

Webinar Objectives:

  • Critique how your organization or team is doing in the five problem solving/decision making success categories
  • Learn the biggest difficulty in resolving issues
  • Identify the four types of issues all organization’s face
  • Understand the importance of defining the True Problem Statement and to learn a key tip in defining your problem statements
  • Learn a common language and systematic process for dealing with broad problems by learning the Situation Analysis Tool

Participants will learn:

  • How to get to the heart of a complex issue
  • How to ask better questions when sizing up a situation
  • How to break down a complex situation quickly and systematically
  • How to create buy-in for your action plans
  • How to apply the tool to your own situation.

Webinar Outline:

Target Audience:  Hospital and health care professionals who are responsible for solving problems and making decisions either individual or in leading teams. Anyone who wants to improve their critical thinking skills.

Contact Hours:  This course has been approved for 1.8 Iowa Nursing Contact Hours. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.