Leadership & Management
Organisational Agility & Faster Decision Cycles
Shortening the distance between idea, decision and delivery — without chaos and without loosening governance.
Advanced2 days12 training hours6-20 participants
All training programmes are accredited by the Sharjah Private Education Authority.
Programme objectives
- Measure decision cycle time and locate the bottlenecks
- Redistribute authority to cut unnecessary escalation
- Form and run cross-functional teams
- Adopt short planning cycles instead of a rigid annual plan
- Measure agility with indicators, not impressions
Detailed agenda
1
Day 1
Diagnosing the drag
- What organisational agility is, and what it is not
- Measuring decision cycle time from request to delivery
- Sources of drag: escalation, committees, serial approvals
- Workshop: mapping a real decision cycle
2
Day 2
Redesign
- Delegating authority without losing control
- Cross-functional teams: forming and governing them
- Short planning cycles and periodic review
- Agility indicators and the implementation plan
Competencies developed
- Process analysis
- Delegation
- Team leadership
- Adaptive planning
What participants take away
- A decision cycle time instrument
- A delegation of authority matrix
- A quarterly planning cycle template
- An accredited certificate of attendance
Prerequisites
Supervisory or leadership experience.
How it is assessed
A before-and-after map of a real decision cycle in your organisation, with a documented plan to shorten it.
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