December 14-15, 2020

EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING

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BUILD SUCCESS ONE DECISION AT A TIME

Explore the underlying psychological, physiological, and sociological dynamics of making decisions in complex organizations. Learn how to match issues with best-fit tools to expand your capacity for making informed decisions that drive stronger outcomes.

  • Course Length

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  • Typical Class Size

    For organizational decision makers and those wishing to expand their influence

  • Course Investment*

    Includes 20% Career Booster discount

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This short course will run on December 14-15, 2020 and will fill up quickly.
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HOW IT WORKS

This two-day course is for professionals looking to drive strategic decision making within their organizations. You’ll examine the process from multiple perspectives and learn to apply various analytical tools to make your own decisions and influence decisions being made by others. This course applies to the C-Suite Certificate with concentrations in Change Management, Business Analytics, and Strategy and qualifies as an elective for the C-Suite, Leadership, and Advanced Certificates.

Executive Decision Making

Participant Insights

  • Barry Zipp

    Executive Director, Fortune 500 Company

    Barry Zipp shares his experience in Emory's Executive Decision Making short course and learning the importance of relying on data and psychology to make important business decisions.

  • Erika Noll

    Director of Clinical Services, Peachtree Orthopedics

    Erika Noll shares her learnings in Executive Decision Making and how the course has helped her reshape the way she approaches decision making in her new, executive-level role.

  • Yi Lasanajak

    Project Director, Emory University School of Medicine

    "I was not confident in my decision making before this course. Now, I am more confident with my executive decision-making ability. The instructors are very competent, humorous, and energized. They made us connect with our real-life experiences making the course content applicable in our daily work."

Course Takeaways

  • Analysis Techniques

    Learn how decisions are made in multi-layered organizations and develop analysis techniques that help to optimize the decision-making process.

  • Objectivity

    Consider issues from multiple perspectives, understand and overcome bias – conscious and unconscious – and learn to balance objective and subjective information to make more effective decisions.

  • Tools and Framework

    Build new tools and frameworks that allow you to guide decision making and ensure decisions support the overall organizational strategy.

Faculty Spotlight

  • Steve Walton

    Professor in the Practice of Information Systems & Operations Management

    Creating Strategy for Solutions

    Steve Walton’s areas of expertise include strategic execution, operational decision-making and the impact of leadership on operations outcomes. He consults with such clients as Sony, First Data, UPS, The Home Depot, Delta Air Lines, Usher’s New Look Foundation, and The Arthur M. Blank Family Office.

  • Michael Sacks

    Michael Sacks is a Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management at Goizueta Business School and has served as both vice provost for Emory University Strategies and as academic director for the Woodruff Leadership Academy in Emory’s Health Sciences Center. He is an experienced executive educator who focuses his work on integrating traditional leadership topics with the cultural and strategic contexts in which an organization operates. Michael’s teaching influences individual leadership, team dynamics, and organizational culture.

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Special Pricing

*Emory Executive Education offers special pricing for select constituents.

20% Career Booster Discount
Professional development is more important now than ever. But many professionals face shrinking organizational resources, and Emory Executive Education wants to ensure broad access to new knowledge and skills to prepare professionals to tackle the "next normal." We are offering a limited time 20% Career Booster discount to all participants in select courses through December 2020. This reduces the typical course investment from $2,250 to $1,800. See our website for eligible courses and workshops. This discount may not be combined with other discounts.

Goizueta Business School Alumni/Faculty/Staff
Emory University Alumni/Faculty/Staff
Government and Non-Profit
Group/Multiple
Custom Clients

Organizations are also eligible for a group pricing package for sending multiples participants through our in-person and online programs over the course of a year. Please contact us for more information about our special pricing or to receive your code before you register.
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