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Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making SpecializationDartmouth College

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Why do smart people sometimes think they are right when they are very, very wrong? Our brains are designed to make quick decisions, and sometimes we miss out on what’s really going on. Knowing this, Professor Sydney Finkelstein walks you through the neuroscience behind decision-making, and teaches you to make conscious decisions that are right for you at work and in life. By teaching you to reflect and move forward even better than before, Professor Finkelstein will help you to be the best you possibly can at whatever you do.

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Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization

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Participants should have a desire to improve their decision-making skills and a willingness to approach challenges with an open mind.

Approx. 19 hours to complete

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What you will learn

How our brains work and how we make decisions
What experience means for decision-making
How to identify our emotional biases and overcome them
How to put it all together to make better decisions

Skills you will gain

Decision-Making
Management
Strategic Leadership
Learning How To Learn
Leadership Development

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Course 2 of 4 in the

Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization

Beginner Level

Participants should have a desire to improve their decision-making skills and a willingness to approach challenges with an open mind.

Approx. 19 hours to complete

English

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Sydney Finkelstein
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Steven Roth Professor of Management

Tuck School of Business

8,673 Learners

4 Courses

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Dartmouth College

Founded in 1769, Dartmouth is a member of the Ivy League and consistently ranks among the world’s greatest academic institutions. Dartmouth has forged a singular identity for combining its deep commitment to outstanding undergraduate liberal arts and graduate education with distinguished research and scholarship in the Arts and Sciences and its four leading graduate schools—the Geisel School of Medicine, the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

5 hours to complete

The Emotional Brain, Bias, and Decision-Making

5 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 55 min), 5 readings, 3 quizzes

8 videos

The Art and Science of Making Great Decisions4mThe Role of Emotions in Decision-Making11mWe Are Our History7mSony Acquires Columbia Pictures - The Role of Betamax3mDebrief - Lessons and Insights from the Sony Case Study6m"One Plan at a Time" Decision-Making5mWhy Diversity Wins7mThe Power of Empathy in Understanding Others7m

5 readings

The Jockey and the Horse10mCase Study - Sony Acquires Columbia Pictures10mNote on Beta, Sony, and Columbia Pictures10mPodcast - The Sydcast Episode 112. What It Takes to be a Woman in Leadership, with Julie Quenneville, October 24, 202110mPodcast - The Sydcast Episode 114. Uncolonized Latinas: A New Way Forward, with Valeria Aloe, November 7, 20211h 14m

3 practice exercises

Application Exercise - Your Own Story30mCase Study Assignment - Sony Acquires Columbia Pictures1hApplication Exercise - Your Own Story, Revisited30m

Week2

Week 2

5 hours to complete

Experience and Expertise

5 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 63 min), 3 readings, 4 quizzes

9 videos

Learning the Right Lessons from Your Experience11mOne More Example on Experience9mQuaker Oats and Snapple - What Went Wrong?5mDebrief - Lessons and Insights from the Quaker-Snapple Case Study5mIt's Not So Easy Being an Expert4mHow to Take on the Expertise Trap8mWhen's the Last Time You Were Surprised?8mBritish Petroleum and the Deepwater Horizon Case Study3mDebrief - Lessons and Insights from the British Petroleum and the Deep Water Horizon Case Study Debrief7m

3 readings

Case Study - Quaker Oats and Snapple10mAre You Happy? It Depends on What You're Expecting10mCase Study - British Petroleum and the Deepwater Horizon10m

4 practice exercises

Case Study Assignment - Analyzing Quaker Oats and Snapple1hApplication Exercise - Seven Warning Signs That You've Fallen into the Expertise Trap30mApplication Exercise - Manufacturing Surprises45mCase Study Assignment - British Petroleum and the Deepwater Horizon1h

Week3

Week 3

5 hours to complete

Emotional Tags in Action

5 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 62 min), 3 readings, 5 quizzes

7 videos

Self-Interest - Our Subconscious at Work10mEmotional Attachments11mHow Do You Know When Attachments Become Something to Worry About?2mWhy We All Like to Make Pre-Judgments About... Everything!8mThe Data Fallacy7mThe Incredible Story of Hurricane Katrina8mDebrief - Lessons and Insights from the Hurricane Katrina Case Study12m

3 readings

Case Study - Hurricane Katrina - What Took So Long?10mGuess Who's Right?10mTypes of Mistakes - False Positives and False Negatives10m

5 practice exercises

Application Exercise - Attachments in Your Work Life30mApplication Exercise - Attachments & "Kicking the Tires"45mApplication Exercise - Pre-Judgments45mApplication Exercise - Personal Examples45mCase Study Assignment - Hurricane Katrina - What Took So Long?1h

Week4

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Putting It All Together: How to be the Great Decision-Maker You Want to Be

4 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 37 min), 5 readings, 4 quizzes

4 videos

Goal-Setting - Bypassing the Five Most Common Mistakes11mHow to Make Better Decisions8mA Few More Tips on Making Good Decisions and Avoiding Bad Ones7mSafeguards9m

5 readings

Millennials and the Mission Trap10mSafeguards - Experience, Data, and Analysis Checklist10mSafeguards - Group Debate and Challenge Checklist10mSafeguards - Governance Checklist10mSafeguards - Monitoring Checklist10m

4 practice exercises

Application Exercise - Your Organization's or Team's Goals45mApplication Exercise - Your Personal Goals45mApplication Exercise - Checking Your Assumptions45mCase Study Assignment - Revisiting Hurricane Katrina45m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM DECISION-MAKING: BLENDING ART & SCIENCE

by PLJan 18, 2023

I loved the way how the teacher give the lessons. It's a very complete basic course, the applications exercises are very detailed with every information that you need

by RHNov 28, 2022

Really excellent -- great delivery, lots of good reading material, interesting subjects, and pure application to your own life.

by AQOct 6, 2022

One of the best courses I have learnt on coursera Platform

by NPJan 4, 2023

Very good course with real world case studies to understand and analyze the decision making in real world scenarios.

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About the Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization

If you're ready to hone your leadership skills and grow as a person, Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making for Work and Life is designed for you, whether you're a manager or an individual contributor.

Through four courses with Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, you will learn the common mistakes that even smart executives make, the neuroscience behind effective decision making, methods of managing and supporting the people around you, and how to bring together all these lessons to be the best possible leader, and person, at work and at home.

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