Jack P. Flaherty

THE SITUATION:

Decision-making is one of the most integral functions of both our professional and personal lives. However, it is a skill set that has historically received little attention, and that trend continues today. Many of today’s leaders, young and old, lack the training, mentorship, and tenure to develop the strong decision-making skills necessary to achieve consistently positive outcomes that enable personal and professional success.

SESSION OBJECTIVES:

This intensive keynote highlights the critical aspects of decision-making and incorporates real-world stories and use cases to help your audience understand how to effectively navigate the complex challenges of today’s corporate world. Decision-making, engineered to be connected, contextual, and continuous, alleviates uncertainty and improves our ability to establish clarity and confidence in what were once opaque considerations. Possessing strength in this competency has the ability to become a key differentiator for your organization and workforce.

Leveraging The Decision Switch framework and 7 Principles of Successful Decision-Making, this session will cover:

• Triage First: Increase Your Productivity by Assessing and Prioritizing Before Taking Action.
• Follow Your North Star: Defining a Clear Objective Serves to Align All Subsequent Decisions.
• Collaborate with Others: The Power of Numbers in Achieving Your Goals
• Recognize Cognitive Bias: Eliminating Mental Blinders Creates More Productive Outcomes.
• Establish a Champion: Visionary Leaders Able to Provide Credibility and Influence Others.
• Manage Fallout: Integrity and Legacy Start with Awareness, Empathy, and: Helping Others.
• Practice Self-Reflection: An Acute Sense of Self-Awareness Empowers Personal Growth.

YOUR AUDIENCE WILL LEAVE WITH:

• A foundational understanding of the 7 Principles of Successful Decision-Making, a framework they can leverage to consistently make difficult choices that produce greater results and desired outcomes.
• Knowledge on how to prioritize decisions and when to champion the decision-making process, and therefore better abled to make time-sensitive decisions that align with your organization's objectives
• Tools that will assist in their ability to confidently lead others in making complex decisions, in a manner that builds collaborative and empathetic relationships.
• Three personalized commitments that attendees will be able to use in their adoption of a decisive and agile mindset, able to quickly assess, prioritize and consistently make productive decisions.