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"I had been consistently astounded by the way in which their methods for the visualization and clarification of reasoning processes enables one to impose order on chaos and see what is really going on in complex, contentious and tangled debates..."
- Dr Neil Byron, former Commissioner, Productivity Commission

"They are making a significant contribution to the improvement of analytical standards in the public policy arena, particularly among young professionals. Austhink deserves the country's thanks for this."
- Ross Babbage, Founder, Kokoda Foundation

 "Austhink's methods for dissecting and clarifying complex pieces of analysis or public policy are first class."
- LTGEN (ret) Peter Leahy, former Chief of Army

"That Austhink has devised new methods for doing this is enormously to its credit and I only hope more businesses will start to adopt such methods. It will save an immense amount of money, time and frustration for them."
- Bruce Page, Energy Consultant  

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Dealing with Directors’ Dilemmas

One-day workshops in leadership and decision making for directors and those who work with them.

About the Workshops

Austhink Consulting has teamed up with leading board consultant and trainer Julie Garland Mclellan to offer a series of one-day workshops in decision making at board level.

The “Dealing with Director’s Dilemmas” workshops aim to help improve leadership and decision making in organisations by building the skills of individual directors.

Participants will be introduced to Austhink’s argument mapping techniques and practice them on a series of realistic case studies of the kind found in Julie Garland Mclellan’s new book Dilemmas Dilemmas.

Participants will be better able to:

  • rigorously analyze complex decision problems of the kind faced by boards
  • communicate their thinking to other board members
  • work collaboratively on a decision problem with other board members
  • document the thinking behind a board decision
  • defend the reasonableness of the board decision, if needed
  • mentor others in board-type decision making

Participants will receive

  • Facilitation from experts in corporate governance and the cognitive science of decision making
  • A copy of JGM’s book Dilemmas, Dilemmas: Practical Case Studies for Company Directors
  • Course materials for future reference