Crisis Decision Making: Navigating through the Storm 2015

EXECUTIVE COURSE

16-20 MARCH 2015

CRISIS DECISION MAKING: NAVIGATING THROUGH THE STORM Course Director

Learning to navigate effectively in a turbulent and fast-moving world Decision-making is a critical leadership competency, especially in time of crisis. Effective leaders need to understand how decisions are made and how to avoid pitfalls. This course will provide participants with a powerful combination of critical knowledge, hands-on expertise and leadership skills that will enable them to improve their ability to face critical challenges.

Dr Carl Ungerer Head of the Leadership, Crisis and Conflict Management Programme at GCSP. He has over 20 years of experience as both a practitioner and academic in international security affairs, including as Senior Adviser to the Australian Foreign Minister.

The course will enable you to:

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• Deepen your understanding of

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decision-making models across organisational levels and cultures;

The Geneva Centre for Security Policy is an international foundation with 45 member states from across the globe that provides forwardthinking and innovative solutions for leaders and policymakers concerned with international affairs and security in today’s complex, globalised world.

5-day programme

Key benefits for you •

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Acquire new knowledge, tools and skills that will increase your effectiveness as a practitioner in foreign policy and security;

• Improve your ability to analyse complex issues and present options to high-level decision-makers;

• Access an extensive network of expertise in international affairs and security as a GCSP alumnus.

In addition to GCSP in-house experts, the faculty teaching the course hold, or have held, senior leadership positions in government, military and the private sector. They have experienced first-hand what it takes to be an effective leader in fast tempo – high-stake situations. They will share their successes and failures with the participants. Leading academics in the field will provide cutting-edge research in decision-making.

Why you should attend

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This course provides participants with knowledge, tools and skills that will help them be more effective as a practitioner in foreign and security policy (at a national and international level), or in the private and non-profit sector. The course is designed to deepen participants knowledge of what is involved in making timely and effective decisions. It will also offer the opportunity to explore at a personal, cultural and organisational level the capabilities needed to perform effectively in tense situations. Participants will become more resilient by exploring skills and behaviours necessary to better cope with overcoming challenges and setbacks.

Upon completion of the course, you become part of the expanding GCSP alumni network and enjoy continued access to our events. Security policy conferences enable current and past participants to meet, debate policy issues and share ideas and experiences in an informal setting.

Course focus • Strategic decision-making in crisis situations

• Impact of culture in foreign and security policy decision-making

• Decision-making models and techniques in time-sensitive and high stake situations

• Use of history for decision-making

In the heart of “International Geneva” Hosting 35 international organisations, more than 250 non-governmental organisations, and 173 diplomatic missions, representations and delegations, Geneva represents the world’s richest network on international affairs.

Admission

Course design

Participant profiles

The course has been designed to bring out the best of the 3 crucial elements that together form the basis of GCSP’s holistic learning experiences: The latest in high level academic expertise, the wisdom of experienced senior practitioners, and the collective experience of the participants. This unique blend enables participants to engage on challenging topics and explore the boundaries of their own capabilities in an interactive learning environment. We will use all this to explore the knowledge, skills and behaviours that are known to produce high performance in challenging conditions.

This course is designed for officials and executives from government, military, international organisations, nonprofit and private sector.

Approach

For further details about the course and the application process, please contact: s.margueron@gcsp.ch +41 (0)22 730 9609 Application deadline: Sunday, 1 March 2015 Tuition fees: CHF 2’500 (includes tuition, teaching materials and lunch on weekdays). In a limited number of cases, partial scholarships may be available.

Language requirements: The course will be held in English. No translation will be provided.

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