RESPONSIBLE DECISION-MAKING

2 days

Program Overview

The Responsible Decision-Making program provides participants with a comprehensive learning experience on how to make not only better quality but especially responsible decisions which have the best possible outcome for all stakeholders. The program develops skills associated with responsibility in decision-making: Aligning a company’s vision and values to the decision framework, understanding ethical dilemmas and guaranteeing a fair decision-making process. Participants will also learn to apply essential components of strategic thinking in decision-making and apply a Harvard thought Cynefin model for dealing with complexity in decision-making.

Outcomes of the program

  • Comprehend what is a quality responsible decision and why it is important
  • Understand why and how to engage stakeholders in decision-making
  • Understand the impact of ethics and recognize ethical dilemmas in decision-making
  • Learn how to apply a company’s vision, values and strategy in daily decision-making
  • Be aware of personal limitations and other biases in decision-making
  • Ensure fairness in decision-making
  • Gain tools for strategic thinking in decision-making to validate facts and develop insights and foresights

Outline of the program

The program consists of two one day modules which can be delivered consecutively or with a time interval
In order to ensure maximum impact of this two days workshop, GLO will engage facilitators who are not only well experienced in conducting workshops, but have considerable practical experiences in the C-Suite. See facilitator profiles enclosed to learn more.

Sample DAY 1 Agenda

TIME DESCRIPTION
08:30 REGISTRATION
09:00 OPENING:SHARING DECISION-MAKING EXPERIENCES
09:30 WHAT IS A DECSION
The essence of the decision-making process
10:00 WHAT IS A RESPONSIBLE DECISION
Understand the differentiating factors and how it impact self, team, society
10:30 ALIGNING DECISIONS WITH THE COMPANY’S COMPASS
VISION, VALUES, STRATEGY
Team exercise
11:15 ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS
Stakeholders Analysis – group exercise
12:30 LUNCH BREAK
13:30 STRATEGIC THINKING IN DECISION-MAKING
Validating facts
Building insights
Developing foresight
15:30 ASSESSING RISK IN DECISION-MAKING
Applying risk lenses
16:15 Q&A and WRAP UP

Sample DAY 2 Agenda

TIME DESCRIPTION
09:00 REVIEW DAY 1
09:30 INTEGRITY AND DECISION-MAKING
What is ethics and ethical decision-making?
10:00 ETHICS AND ME: GIVING VOICE TO VALUES
Identifying ethical dilemmas and applying ethics in decision-making
10:30 PERSONAL AND COMPANY REPUTATION
Understanding the consequences of unethical decisions
11:00 GROUP EXERCISE
12:00 LUNCH BREAK
13:00 FAIR DECISION PROCESS
5E and decision-making - practice
14:30 DECISION-MAKING BIASES
Beliefs, anchors, peer pressure
15:15 DECISION-MAKING AND COMPLEXITY
The Cynefin framework
16:00 CASE CHALLENGE
Team exercise and sharing
16:45 Q&A AND WRAP UP

Introducing your module deliverer

PETER BUYTAERT
Chief Responsibility Officer GLO
Qualifications:
 • Strategic Business Economics Programme, University of Asia and Pacific
 • Advanced Management Programme, INSEAD,
 • MSC Commercial Engineering, EHSAL
 • BA, Law, Univ Antwerp
 • Prince Albert Fellow
Experience
Peter Buytaert builds on more than twenty five years of Global and Asia executive management, leadership and entrepreneurial experience. Peter specialises in creating platforms for global leadership selection, assessment and development. In addition to lecturing on change, corporate governance and Asia strategy, Peter is also co-founder and Chief Responsibility Officer of GLO – Good Leaders Online. He has been consulting and coaching on senior executive (CEO) level for the past 4 years including clients like Barco, Honeywell, Umicore, IBM, Sanofi, Johnson&Johnson, etc.
Previous to current roles, Peter served as Chairman for three consecutive years of the Benelux Chamber of Commerce (Bencham) of Shanghai. He is a truly global citizen with a unique track record in cross cultural people leadership, start-up and business strategy, as well as driving change in organisations across Asia and China in particular. Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Peter was responsible for Agfa Graphics regional sales and operations as its President Asia.
Before making Shanghai his base, he resided in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul, with extensive project time spent in India.