Decision Making For Leaders: Managing Change

Leading with Vigilance, Innovation, Talent, and Precision

What you'll learn

The importance of vigilance in business and how to practice it

Examples of vigilance and non-vigilance in the news

Ten strategies for improving your own vigilance

How change is diffused in a culture

The five factor influencing the rate of change

Using the diffusion model to improve the results of your project

The pitfalls of the traditional hiring model

Why hire for talent

How to uncover the talents in your prospective team members

The 8D model as a structured problem-solving approach

What are each of the 8D's

How to apply the 8D approach in practice

Requirements

Basic understanding of business and organizational structure

Description

If you are working in a leadership role, or are aiming your career in the direction of leadership and management, then this course, Decision Making for Leaders: Managing Change will provide keys ideas to propel your career forward.So much has been said and written about leadership. But where do you start??This course, Decision Making for Leaders: Managing Change is not just based on time-tested business research, but also on the hands-on application by its instructor, Mike Vella. Mike served as the heads of operations for both a major tier 1 automotive supplier and a major commercial food processor. And this course offers some of the priceless concepts that steered him toward success as an industry leader.This class is divided into four major sections, each connected to a critical aspect of managing organizational change: Vigilant Leadership, Cultural Change, Hiring for Talent, and Structured Problem Solving. Each section is about 40 minutes long … easily watched or listened to during an evening or lunch break.In Vigilant Leadership, you will learn the importance of vigilance in the workplace, not just for the top-level executive, but for every person who wants to grow with the organization. You will hear several examples of both vigilance and non-vigilance within major corporations. And you will hear 10 useful strategies for improving you vigilance and acting on trends within your industry.In Cultural Change, you will understand how innovations are diffused, or spread throughout an organization or within society at large. And using this innovation diffusion modal, Mike will share with you practical tips for getting your improvement project or new business system accepted by your organization.In Hiring for Talent, Mike explains the traditional approach for hiring new employees and why it so often fails. Using a different approach of hiring for talent, leaders can select candidates based on their natural propensities, not just their knowledge and experience. Mike also offers a collection of questions that can help you identify the talents of your potential team members.And lastly, in Structured Problem Solving, Mike explains the "8D Methodology", a universal problem solving method originally developed at the Ford Motor Company in the 1980's for use by their engineering teams. You will learn about each of the 8 "D's" or disciplines required to solve complex problems with unknown causes. When you purchase this course, you not only gain LIFETIME ACCESS to its materials at a very low cost and the entire slide deck as a downloadable resource, but you also gain access to us, your instructors, through the Udemy platform, with your comments or questions.So if you are an aspiring leader, lifelong leaner, or a true professional trying to sharpen your skills, then THIS IS THE CLASS FOR YOU. Take your leadership skills to the next level by signing up for Decision Making for Leaders: Managing Change today!!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Slides for the Class

Section 2: Vigilant Leadership

Lecture 3 Thoughts on Vigilant Leadership

Lecture 4 Agenda for the Lesson

Lecture 5 Vigilance and Vigilant Leadership

Lecture 6 Examples of Vigilance and Nondiligence

Lecture 7 How to Proceed

Lecture 8 10 Strategies, Pt 1

Lecture 9 Four Talents

Lecture 10 10 Strategies, Pt 2

Lecture 11 10 Strategies, Pt 3

Lecture 12 Summary and References

Section 3: Cultural Change

Lecture 13 Introduction to Managing Change

Lecture 14 The Problem of Cultural Change

Lecture 15 The Problem of Change

Lecture 16 Factors Predicting the Acceptance of Change

Lecture 17 Innovators to Laggards

Lecture 18 Leadership Decisions for Cultural Change

Lecture 19 Summarizing the 8 Decisions for Cultural Change

Lecture 20 Examples of Leadership Decisions

Lecture 21 Closing Comments and References

Section 4: Hiring for Talent

Lecture 22 Decision Making and Team Building

Lecture 23 Agenda for Team Building

Lecture 24 Traditional Screening Steps

Lecture 25 Hiring for Talent

Lecture 26 Key Organizational Elements

Lecture 27 Talents in the Hiring Process

Lecture 28 Evaluating Talent, Pt 1

Lecture 29 Evaluating Talent, Pt 2

Lecture 30 Summary and References

Section 5: Structured Problem Solving

Lecture 31 Problems with Unknown Causes

Lecture 32 A Frightful Time

Lecture 33 Structured Problem Solving Methods

Lecture 34 The Problem with Problem Solving

Lecture 35 The 8D Methodology

Lecture 36 The Eight Disciplines

Lecture 37 D1 and D2

Lecture 38 D3 and D4

Lecture 39 D5 and D6

Lecture 40 D7 and D8

Lecture 41 Concluding Thoughts and References

Section 6: Conclusion

Lecture 42 Conclusion to the Course

Lecture 43 Bonus Lecture

Current, Future, Potential and Aspiring Leaders and Managers,Professionals who want to grow in their decision-making and leadership skills,Engineers, Technicians, Analysts