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Tuesday, May 30
9:00am – 4:30pm
Southlake DPS Training Facility
100 East Dove Road, Southlake, Texas 76092

Improved Decision Making for Fire Officers

People often make poor decisions when uncertainty is present, and unfortunately uncertainty is everywhere today. The good news is that there are practical and proven strategies to significantly sharpen critical thinking skills, steadily improve troubleshooting abilities, and help people reliably arrive at functional, workable solutions, even in constantly changing environments. Many decision-making habits are counterproductive and produce needless anxiety and faulty decisions.  Sharpening a few skills will result in decisions that consistently hit the mark without the unnecessary turbulence and painful second-guessing that all too often accompany decision-making today.

During this workshop, attendees will:

• Learn how to avoid common critical thinking pitfalls and traps.
• Understand when and how to limit choices appropriately.
• Know when quick (intuitive) decisions are likely to work, and when they are likely to be wrong.
• Know which decisions are especially important to think through before confronting them.
• Understand the two most important critical thinking questions to consistently ask.
• Recognize good decisions that work out poorly and acknowledge bad decisions that turn out well.
• Understand why expertise doesn’t necessarily guarantee good decisions, and learn how to rectify the issue.

Testimonials from Texas Fire Chiefs

“Don’t pass up the opportunity to send your people to Geoffrey Tumlin’s TFCA workshops. The sessions are so important and insightful that not only have we sent people to every single class, but we also decided to import the workshops for all our shifts. I recommend these workshops wholeheartedly!”
– Robert Isbell, Round Rock Fire Chief

“Geoffrey Tumlin is a friend of the fire service. He talks about new and important ideas in ways that fire fighters quickly understand, and his ideas make enormous positive differences in fire departments. I’m one of many chiefs who turn to Geoffrey for keen insights, second opinions, and trusted advice.”
– Neil Howard, Rowlett Fire Chief

About the workshop leader: Dr. Geoffrey Tumlin is the president of On-Demand Leadership and the author of Stop Talking, Start Communicating (McGraw-Hill, 2013). Geoffrey earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, and his B.S. from West Point. After graduating from West Point, Geoffrey served as an infantry officer in Hawaii. His work has appeared in over 150 media outlets and publications, including the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, Inc.com, SiriusXM radio, Fox Business, Investor’s Business Daily, andCNNMoney/Fortune.com, and he’s a frequent guest of fire service organizations throughout Texas.