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Government & Public-Sector Security · Leadership & Supervision

Leadership & Decision-Making During Emergencies

How leaders make and record defensible decisions when information is incomplete and time is short — decision models, delegation, cognitive bias, welfare of responders, and holding the organization together through a prolonged event.

Advanced 12 hours Authorised personnel only

Learning objectives

  • Apply a repeatable decision model under time pressure
  • Recognise and counter common cognitive biases
  • Delegate clearly and maintain accountability
  • Sustain team performance and welfare through prolonged events

Course modules

  1. 01Decision models for time-critical conditions
  2. 02Bias, assumption and information quality
  3. 03Delegation, span of control and handover
  4. 04Recording decisions and rationale
  5. 05Team welfare, fatigue and rotation
  6. 06Extended simulation and debrief

Assessment and certification

Assessed simulation with individual decision-log review.

Certificate of Completion issued on successful assessment.

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