Professional Skills: Decision-Making

Decision-making is a core skill that shapes professional success, leadership ability, and personal growth. In this self-paced course taught by Dr. Brent Scholar from ASU’s College of Integrative Arts and Sciences, you'll learn how to navigate everyday and high-stakes decisions using proven frameworks. From ethics and bias reduction to risk analysis and group collaboration, you’ll build confidence and clarity in your decision-making process.

Whether you're a team leader, business professional, or lifelong learner, this course will equip you with tools to evaluate choices, assess risk, and act with purpose.

Key Benefits:

• Improve judgment and reduce decision-making bias
• Learn and apply ethical frameworks to real scenarios
• Strengthen strategic thinking and problem-solving
• Build decision-making confidence in high-stakes situations
• Enhance collaboration and group decision practices

What’s Included:

• Ethical decision-making models including Blanchard-Peale and Duty Frameworks
• Interactive scenarios to identify and mitigate decision-making bias
• Tools for evaluating alternatives using “Musts,” “Wants,” and Risk filters
• Hands-on practice with the National Defense University (NDU) model
• Templates and worksheets for applying decision frameworks in real life