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INSEAD | Strategic Decision Making for Leaders Programme
Sharpen your decision-making skills
Leading a team, board or company to success involves making critical decisions, giving sound advice, and evaluating the decisions of others. However, in fast-changing business environments, leaders and managers must often make decisions under severe time constraints and with insufficient information. In these situations, if they rely only on habitual problem-solving techniques and intuition, they can fall prey to unconscious biases that hinder their ability to make the best decisions.
Strategic Decision Making for Leaders is aimed at executives who make important decisions in their organisations and are responsible for establishing strategic decision-making processes. Through interactive classroom sessions, case discussions, simulations and group exercises, learn to overcome bias and build effective, holistic decision-making processes for your organisation.
Key learning concepts in the programme curriculum
Through a combination of analytical frameworks and interactive simulations, the programme draws on management science and psychology, as well as the concepts around the power of data and AI in decision-making to help participants make better holistic decisions for their organisation.
- Develop greater critical thinking and establish sustainable decision-making processes within your team to become a dynamic leader who can make better strategic decisions for international businesses and organisations.
- Leverage the power of "nudges" to influence behaviour and build a high-performing team in the face of risk and uncertainty.
- Effectively manage the rigorous decision-making process to overcome biases and avoid common traps and pitfalls.
- Gain an introduction into data-driven decision-making — including the traditional “predictive” artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and the newer Generative and Agentic AI — and how they help make holistically-informed strategic decisions.
Our Participant Profile
Strategic Decision Making for Leaders is designed for:
- Senior executives and key decision-makers
- Managers responsible for building high-performing teams
- Managers who frequently lead projects and want to improve their ability to make smart, sound and strategic decisions
This programme particularly benefits executives who must frequently make strategic decisions under high levels of uncertainty.
Skills you will develop
- Analytical Thinking
- Data-driven Decision Making
- Strategic Thinking and Execution
- AI and Big Data
- Self-awareness
- Leading Teams
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How You Benefit
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Develop greater critical thinking skills and establish sustainable decision-making processes within your team to lead your organisation in the dynamic international landscape.
Leverage the power of "nudges" to influence behaviour and build a high-performing team in the face of risk and uncertainty.
Gain an introduction into data-driven decision-making including the traditional “predictive” artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and the newer Generative and Agentic AI to make holistically-informed strategic decisions.
Leverage psychological insights, decision-making models, and behavioural economics to influence outcomes for long-term organisational impact.
Effectively manage the rigorous decision-making process to avoid common traps and pitfalls, with opportunities to practice under controlled, high‑pressure scenarios.
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What is strategic decision making?
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Strategic decision refers to the choices leaders make that involve high‑impact, long‑term organisational choices. These decisions typically involve high levels of uncertainty, incomplete information, and trade‑offs across multiple stakeholders. It is a critical capability for senior executives and leaders across industries and roles.
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Why is strategic decision making especially challenging for experienced leaders today?
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Today’s leaders operate in environments shaped by volatility, rapid technological change, geopolitical uncertainty, and increasing organisational complexity. Even highly experienced executives face new forms of ambiguity, time pressure, and cognitive overload, making it harder to rely solely on past experience or intuition when making high‑stakes decisions.
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What makes this programme’s approach to strategic decision making distinctive?
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This programme focuses explicitly on how leaders actually make strategic decisions through a robust use of simulations and use cases, rather than only how decisions should work in theory. It combines research‑based frameworks with practical application, helping participants surface hidden biases, structure complex choices, and strengthen judgment in real leadership contexts.
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What will leaders be able to do differently after completing the programme?
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Participants leave with sharper judgment, a more disciplined approach to complex decisions, and greater confidence navigating uncertainty. They are better equipped to structure strategic choices, challenge assumptions, and enable faster, more coherent decision making within their organisations.
This programme qualifies for the INSEAD Certificate in Global Management.
The certificate is a formal recognition in areas of global management and leadership. Please refer to the certification requirements here.
Professor of Decision Sciences
IN Focus
Julie Baron
Director Global Product Management, Umicore
It really made me realise how easy it is to fall into traps, even though I see myself as data-driven person. That shift in awareness changed the way I challenge what is seen — and how I lead.
Richard Qi
Public Sector Workspace Sales Lead APAC, Google
For those grappling with complex decision-making, whether individually or in groups, this programme is invaluable. The integration of AI into decision-making processes makes it even more pertinent.
Dheeraj Choithramani
Digital Director - Paid Media & Data, The Egg Company
If you think you know how to make decisions based on your past track records, wipe that clean and really lean into the learning process. It prepares you for decisions you were not prepared to make.
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