High-Velocity Decision-Making for Senior Leaders and Executives
33mAdvanced2026-02-06
Authors

Ethan Evans
Course details
Making tough decisions at speed is an everyday necessity in the life of a senior leader or executive. In this course, instructor Ethan Evans shows you what it takes to develop the strategic judgment, risk tolerance, and scenario-planning skills required to lead with confidence, clarity, and speed. Learn how to distinguish between reversible and irreversible decisions, minimize emotional bias, and recover from setbacks with resilience. By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with in-demand skills to drive enterprise outcomes through high-velocity, high-impact decision-making.
Learning objectives
Differentiate between reversible and irreversible decisions to accelerate execution without compromising outcomes.
Evaluate high-stakes scenarios using data, expert input, and risk frameworks to make informed decisions.
Apply structured decision-making models to improve consistency and clarity under pressure.
Formulate monitoring strategies to detect early signs of failure and enable timely course correction.
Demonstrate resilience by recovering from decision setbacks and using failure as a learning tool.
Learning objectives
Differentiate between reversible and irreversible decisions to accelerate execution without compromising outcomes.
Evaluate high-stakes scenarios using data, expert input, and risk frameworks to make informed decisions.
Apply structured decision-making models to improve consistency and clarity under pressure.
Formulate monitoring strategies to detect early signs of failure and enable timely course correction.
Demonstrate resilience by recovering from decision setbacks and using failure as a learning tool.
Concepts
Introduction
- From decision to results
Taking Intelligent Risks
- Why executives must take intelligent risks
- Prioritize speed over certainty
- Reversible versus irreversible decisions
Systematic, Good Decision-Making
- Identify more options for good decisions
- Gather experts and data
- Minimize emotion
- Monitoring for problems
Recovering from Decision Setbacks
- Accepting failure to move faster
- Post-decision course correction
- Managing crisis
- Gaining trust from problems
Conclusion
- Ensuring consistent, timely, impactful results