Women in Leadership Series: Strategic Thinking & Advanced Problem Solving Workshop
27th - 28th, March 2025 / Brisbane, AU
OVERVIEW
• Apply practical outcome-driven models for strategic decision-making
• Explore a systematic approach for problem analysis and strategy formulation
• Understand your role as a leader in empowering others to address challenges
• Overcome common roadblocks to resolve complex problems
TRAINER
Deborah Bispham
Deborah is a seasoned expert in change management with over 25 years of experience in both the private and public sectors. She specialises in guiding organisations and individuals through successful transformations, utilising her skills in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), LEAN, and Agile methodologies. Her innovative strategies and leadership development initiatives ensure change is effectively implemented and sustained. With a deep understanding of change dynamics, Deborah inspires individuals at all levels to embrace change, resulting in smooth transitions and high-performing teams.
Leadership Expert & Executive Coach
Inspiring Great Leaders
AGENDA
Workshop
Strategic thinking and problem solving
- How the current context is shaping organisations
- The role of strategic thinking in senior leadership
- Responding to emerging challenges
Enhancing your decision-making
- Cognitive principles, and tools essential for effectiveness
- Addressing common limitations and challenges
- Utilise models, tools and tactics to enhance overall capabilities
Advanced problem solving for senior leaders
- How to objectively collect and evaluate evidence
- Exploring reason-based approaches to tackle complex solving
- Applying rational and creative problem solving tools and techniques
Leading and influencing others on key issues
- Effectively engaging stakeholders to understand the problem and identifying potential solutions
- Integrating multi-stakeholder perspectives and facilitating shared understanding
- Resolving conflict and disagreement in group problem solving
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Deborah Bispham Leadership Expert & Executive Coach Inspiring Great Leaders
Workshop
Definition: Understanding the problem
- Reaching agreement on the problem: Defining key variables, known causes, structure, scope, stakeholder impact, interdependencies and constraints
- Evaluating problem impacts
- Developing solution criteria and the problem solving approach
Analysis: Identifying and evaluating possible solutions
- Generating and evaluate solutions based on feasibility, impact and risk
- Taking stock of required skills, knowledge and resources to resolve the problem or realise the opportunity
- Leadership, management, planning and team deployment considerations
Implementation: from strategy to results
- Testing solutions: prototypes, pilots, simulations
- Adopting a systematic approach to solution implementation
- Building engagement and embedding change
Overcoming roadblocks to strategic thinking and problem solving
- Cognitive biases, ideological paradigms and group-based
- The inherently challenging nature of ‘wicked problems’
- Cultivating your skills and maintaining your edge as a strategic thinker and problem solver
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Deborah Bispham Leadership Expert & Executive Coach Inspiring Great Leaders
GROUP DISCOUNTS
PRICING
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VENUE
Brisbane, AU
