Improving Problem Solving and Decision Making
Monday, March 10, 2025
12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
CLU Oxnard Campus
2201 Outlet Center Drive, Oxnard, CA 93036
Individual Members: $0
Organizational Members: $0
Non-Members: $55
About this event
OVERVIEW:
Our lives are judged by the cumulative results of the decisions we make. Decisions are choices. Choices have consequences. Too often the pros and cons of each choice are not weighed.
Effective problem solving requires effective decision making. Sometimes you make the right decision. Sometimes you have to make the decision right. This course was built for participants to apply more discipline to make the right decision the first time around as “you never get a second chance to do it right the first time.”
While the focus of this workshop is on organizational problems, we have heard from past participants that what they learned had application to improving decision making in their personal life too. There is something for all to learn in this workshop.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE:
- Understanding effective decisions
- 8 problem solving derailers
- 6-step process to help you think through problems and choose the best path forward
- The importance of critical thinking and creative thinking
- 6 methods to help with critical thinking
- Creative thinking for a potential solution
- The importance of thinking through benefits and consequences of all options
- 8 factors that influence your decisions
- 5 helpful decision-making rules
- Building a prioritized and aligned plan with stakeholders (if needed)
- SIERA proposal method to get quick approval
Faculty
John Jell
John Jell currently leads organizational development efforts for Dole Packaged Foods based in Westlake Village.
Previously, he led global Learning & Development under HR for energy drink leader Monster Energy. Prior to joining Monster John spent 25 years with The Coca-Cola Company and Nestlé in Sales, Marketing, and L&D capacities. He has also worked for a privately held firm, a venture capital holding, led a 501(c)3, and also had his own training company working with large organizations and nonprofits alike, including several in Ventura County.
On multiple occasions over the years, John took over teams that were underperforming and struggling. He turned them all around quickly after realizing, regardless of organization type or industry, there were some basics and best practices to build, lead, and sustain high performing teams.
Through his own experience, combined with working under 20 different bosses and 12 different CEO’s, John identified many best practices in many leadership areas. These are the focus of his workshops to help all who attend become stronger leaders of higher performing organizations.
John has been supporting, coaching, and training leaders from front-line to C-level for over 20 years. Whether business, organization, or employee related, solving problems and making sound decisions are all in a day’s work as a leader. John has seen many good and bad decisions made, and their impact. His workshops teach leaders how to improve discipline and confidence in leading their teams and problem solving by trying to make the right decisions the first time around.