Leave the Guesswork Behind

“Decision Making in an Uncertain World”

A 2-day professional development course designed to take the guesswork out of decision making and enable you to make critical decisions with confidence.

In today’s fluctuating environment, there are numerous conditions, variables, and risk factors to examine and consider when making decisions related to a project or strategic initiative. More importantly, the outcome of those decisions can significantly impact not only on the end result, but also on the bottom line. So it’s no surprise that there are times when even the most seasoned professional can question his or her judgment and ability to see through the complexity to a clear path forward.

“Decision Making in an Uncertain World” takes the guesswork out of the decision process and arms you with the tools you need to become much more proficient and confident in your ability to make deliberate, creative, and value-driven business decisions.

For more than a decade, the principles and techniques taught in this course have been helping Oil and Gas companies create and preserve value through effective decision making, even under the most stressful and complex conditions.

Register by February 14, 2012 and receive a 30% discount.
Second attendees from your company receive a 50% discount off the full course price.

Following this hands-on training, you will have the ability to:

· Understand the important principles of decision making that are still widely unknown to most project leaders, managers, and executives

· Apply world-class decision-making techniques to complex situations

· Generate solutions and develop a clear strategic path forward with confidence and conviction

· Appropriately identify and tackle risk and uncertainty

· Frame decision problems with ease

· Build value for your company through consistent, successful decision making

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for anyone in the oil and gas industry who is responsible for making difficult decisions or wants to learn best practices for decision making. Managers of projects and members of project teams would find this information of immediate use in adding clarity to complex problems and situations.

COURSE INSTRUCTORS:

Patrick E. Leach

Patrick is the CEO of Decision Strategies.  He has extensive international experience in the development and implementation of creative strategic initiatives, probabilistic methodologies, and upstream energy projects. He is a recognized expert in risk management and decision making, and has published and presented numerous papers on these subjects. An excellent communicator and teacher, he has added millions of dollars in value to clients’ projects through employee training, process facilitation, VOI analysis, and stochastic modeling. Pat is also the author of Why Can’t You Just Give Me the Number? – An executive’s guide to using probabilistic thinking to manage risk and to make better decisions.

Paul Wicker

Paul is a Senior Consultant with Decision Strategies with more than 25 years of experience in decision analysis in the oil & gas industry. He has facilitated critical strategic projects that have helped clients develop creative solutions to meet primary objectives and deliver maximum value. With extensive background in both decision analysis and facilitation, Paul brings his experience into the classroom to create an interesting and dynamic learning environment.

About Decision Strategies

Decision Strategies is a decision-focused business consultancy that enables clients in the oil & gas, chemicals, and related industries to solve their most complex problems. The company maintains a strong position in its target industries through best practices in strategy creation, portfolio management, and investment decisions.