New Decision-making presentation - presentation board for senior managers - basic

Writing decision-making material for senior managers is not trivial - although it is part of the job of many of us, few of us receive targeted training.

There are basically three stages to making a presentation. The first and perhaps most important is planning, because it is not all about what the main messages are and what the story should be. The next is the preparation of the presentation, when we sit down in front of the computer and, choosing the right programme (PowerPoint / Keynote / Prezi / etc.), we put the material together. The final step is to present the material: either in person in front of the management team or by sending it to the target audience.

The training focuses on getting the right mindset all the way through: on messages and stories, on design and structure, not on production or presentation. The training is about getting the information you want across to senior managers in a limited timeframe. Our instructor, Kálmán Kiss, brings his experience of nearly 20 years as a BCG middle and senior manager to this topic in a practical and entertaining way.

For managers and analysts in all organisations who:

• present senior management decision papers, approve decisions,
• prepare senior management decision papers.

The expected results are:

• Better thought through and prepared decision material
• Decision proposals presented in a more understandable form for senior managers
• More targeted use of time, so that proposals are prepared in less time (even improving work-life balance)
• More confident employees

Organisational benefits:

• Better senior management decisions
• Faster decision-making
• Better and faster responses to market changes
• More responsive and faster decisions
• More efficient company operations and work
• More effective communication between senior managers and subordinates
• Increased sense of employee security

Mastering philosophy:

• Think about the problem from the management's point of view!
• Be smart with the audience's time - and your own!
• Use creative tools for work phases to achieve better quality and efficiency!
• Remember: less is more!

The "flow":

• Learn about six alternatives for story structure!
• Master the seven different types of slides to help you see the hierarchy of information!
• Use the Check Box consciously to ensure conceptual correctness!

The presentation slides:

• Notice that different people look at and read slides differently - take advantage of this!
• Use design (typography, colours, highlighting, margins and grid lines) to increase the effectiveness of your message delivery through appropriate headings, body text, sentence titles and footers!
• Learn more about graphs: types, components, dimensions!
• Use Format Check to ensure visually correct presentation!

Individual cases can be developed during the training, but we can also offer further consultations after the training. This can take the form of individual case work for each individual or we can also offer an extra time for a whole team to review the presentation of the group based on the aspects already covered in the training.