Decision-Making in High-Stress Situations
36mIntermediate2020-05-19
Authors

Becki Saltzman
Author, Speaker, Founder of the Applied Curiosity Lab
Course details
By changing how we think about making decisions under pressure, we can remain effective leaders, even during times of crisis. In this course, Becki Saltzman shares how to leverage stress to your advantage, getting the pressure to work for you instead of against you when you need to think of options and determine what to do. She explains how to uncover hidden options, consider potential outcomes, and move forward with making a decision. Find out how to calculate costs, avoid the pitfalls of consensus-driven decisions, and successfully make strong judgment calls. Ultimately, she helps you to prevent stress from becoming the enemy of good decisions.
Skills covered
Decision-MakingProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Rethinking your approach to stress and decision-making
- 02 - Differentiating between high pressure and high stress
1. Preparing Yourself
- 03 - Optimizing stress neurochemicals for decision-making
- 04 - Increasing your stress tolerance in decision-making
- 05 - Borrowing from the Stoics when making decisions
2. Options and Outcomes
- 06 - Uncovering hidden options in high-stress decision-making
- 07 - Overcoming biases in high-stress decision-making
- 08 - Revealing the ripple effect in high-stress decision-making
3. Getting Insights
- 09 - Identifying opportunity costs
- 10 - Deciding how to persist, pivot, or quit
4. Emergency Leadership
- 11 - Making decisions for others under stressful situations
- 12 - How to be a successful follower in emergencies