Strategic Decision-Making

Program Dates: There are no planned dates for a public offering of this program. Currently, it is available for Private delivery only. If you have a group of 15 or more, please contact us at execed@lehigh.edu to arrange for a private offering of this program!
Delivery: 1 or 2 days In-Person (This program can be customized to organizational needs.)

Program Overview

Leading in a VUCA world—one that is more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous—means you can’t operate “as usual.” The way you made decisions, communicated with and managed your team, and led change initiatives needs to change. But that means you’re also presented with an opportunity. Crises and disruptions can generate much-needed advancements both at the individual and organizational levels. Those advancements can lead to a more engaged and productive workforce, and strategic agility that enables stronger growth and profitability.

You will discover how to build agility into your decisions, making them with less available data and adjusting quickly as situations evolve. You will come away with advanced skills that will make a greater impact in your organization, both during and long after a crisis.

Impact & Benefits

• Prepare your organization for a future that is more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous
• Better manage and lead change
• Apply best practices for decision making under uncertainty
• Understand the mindsets of those you lead to better engage and support them
• Develop more decision makers who will in turn add strategic agility

Who Should Attend?

• Leaders/Corporate Executives
• High-level, Mid-level, and Newly Promoted Managers
• Entrepreneurs/Small Business Owners
• Experienced individual contributors moving into to leadership roles
• Job or Promotion Seekers

Instructors

Kathy Pearson, PhD, is a strategist, Systems Thinking expert, and authority in decision making.  She is President and Founder of Enterprise Learning Solutions, a firm focused on executive development and learning across industries.  

An award-winning educator, Kathy works closely with executive education groups including the Wharton School, Duke CE, Smith College, and the Institute for Management Studies, teaching topics such as Critical Thinking, Strategic Agility, Change Management and Strategic Execution.

Kathy also works directly with global organizations including Bank of America, Cardinal Health, Citi, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Estee Lauder Companies, Federal Reserve Bank, Google, Heineken, and the World Bank. Kathy is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and has served as an adjunct Associate Professor in the Operations and Information Management Department at The Wharton School. She is the co-author of The Perceptive Leader:  A Handbook for Leading in an Environment of Uncertainty.