Value is created when the work being done aligns with the long-term needs of customers and stakeholders. However in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world, requirements can shift, expectations can change and value can easily be lost.
The Strategic Teams workshop brings team members together to see the bigger picture, make sense of what is changing, and refocus their efforts on the work that truly matters. Spending a single day engaging and realigning your team could save weeks, or even months, of lost productivity.
Through this session, teams develop the skills futurists use to make sense of the future, then work to identify, understand, and prioritise the trends impacting their work. As teams build strategic awareness they will clarify what they should be planning for, what projects need to be prioritised and, crucially, what should be left behind.
Participants will walk away with:
- Recognise and counter cognitive biases and individual perspectives that shape judgement
- Move beyond unhelpful group dynamics and tap into the benefits of collective decision-making
- Prioritise and de-prioritise projects fairly, transparently, and with confidence
- Shift from debate to discussion to reach clearer decisions without false consensus
The Challenge
Why This Workshop?
Leaders today face increasing pressure, limited resources, diverse stakeholder expectations and growing complexity. Disagreement, cognitive bias and unclear processes can lead to delay, avoidance or poor outcomes that waste resources and erode trust. This workshop focuses on improving the integrity of the decision-making process, not just the outcome. Participants gain a 360 degree view of how great decisions are made, including how to define objectives clearly, identify and assess the right options, harness diversity constructively and create transparency and accountability. The result is consistently better decisions made with greater confidence and less friction.
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Audience
Who is This For?
Designed for local government councillors, boards of directors, executive leadership teams and advisors who want to strengthen both individual and collective decision-making. It is ideal for diverse groups working in complex, high pressure environments who need to reduce conflict, improve group dynamics and lift the calibre of decisions across their organisation.
Timing
Ideal Timing
How Better Decisions Get Made can be delivered as a short-form, stand-alone workshop for a small team or scaled into a broader program designed to create a cultural shift in how decisions are made across an organisation. It works well as part of leadership development initiatives, governance programs or organisational change efforts where improving decision quality is a priority.
