Problem-Solving Workshop - Fully Funded

Problem-Solving Workshop
June 5 & 6, 2024, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

This six-hour workshop focuses on problem solving and decision making strategies for success in life, learning, and work.

A problem is a situation or issue that presents difficulty, obstacle, or challenge in achieving a desired outcome. You will learn how to find solutions as a means of resolving a problem or addressing an issue.

The workshop will focus on the following aspects problem solving:
• Step-by-step process to solve significant problems in life, learning, and work.
• Define what critical thinking is.
• Define what problem solving is.
• Learn two ways problem solving benefits you in life, learning, and work.
• Identify three skills needed to be an effective problem solver.
• Identify strengths, areas for development and an action step regarding problem solving.

Decision making is part of problem solving and is the process of making choices by identifying a decision, gathering information, and assessing alternative resolutions. Using a step-by-step decision-making process can help you make more deliberate, thoughtful decisions by organizing relevant information and defining alternatives.

The workshop will focus on the following aspects of decision making:
• Understand the seven steps of decision making.
• Apply decision-making methods to life, learning, or work.
• Explore thinking skills strengths and areas of growth.
• Understand the four quadrants of the time-management model.
• Evaluate personal decision-making skills.
• Identify strengths, areas for development and an action step regarding decision making.

For more information, contact us at:
204-326-2123
west.steinbach@wem.mb.ca
Please provide your name, phone number and email address.

Funding Provided by:
The Government of Canada
The Manitoba government