Tuning into intuition

Speaker(s): Eugene Sadler-Smith is Professor of Management Development and Organizational Behaviour, at the University of Surrey’s School of Management. Before becoming an academic he worked in the human resource development department of a large energy company.

His research interests at the moment are centred upon the role of intuitive judgement in management decision making and management development. His research has been published widely in peer-reviewed journals such as the Academy of Management Executive, Academy of Management Learning and Education, British Journal of Psychology, Journal of Occupation & Organizational Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behaviour, Management Learning and Organisation Studies. He has researched and published widely in the field of learning and development and is author of several books including Inside Intuition (Routledge, 2008) and The Intuitive Mind (John Wiley & Sons, 2010). His intuition research has featured on BBC Radio 4 and in The Times.

Event details: Where you are now:
Decisions often need to be made under time pressure and with limited information
Leaders’ intuition is not well understood and therefore not trusted, the result is too much emphasis on analytical thinking

Where you want to be:
Using intuition as a credible basis for decision-making, creative thinking and ethical leadership
Enabling leaders to develop and deploy informed intuition

What you will take away from this event:
A guide to the under-exploited potential of leaders using intuition
Some of the key principles of intuitive intelligence
The tools and techniques needed to unlock this important leadership attribute

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