Speaker:  David Smith, Consultant

• Framework for promoting effective decision making
• Develop a systematic approach to decision making
• Why good managers can make bad decisions
• Systematic analysis of the sources of poor performance
• Industry and competitive position analysis for developing turnaround strategies
• Problem identification and rectification practical case study
• Developing, formulating and proposing turnaround solutions
• Turnaround implementation in practice

David Smith is an independent lecturer and business consultant of many years standing.  His specialist subjects cover finance, corporate investment theory & practice, banking, strategy and mergers & acquisitions.  He works with many clients ranged over a number of different business sectors.  In addition, he runs regular seminars and speaking events with the ACCA.  He also lectures at leading business schools, covering both MBA electives and senior executive development programmes.<br>

David is an associate of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre and jointly delivers their Strategy and Finance and Making Successful Acquisitions courses. The Centre is affiliated to the Ashridge Business School and is renowned for its research and leading edge thinking on corporate organisational structure and corporate strategy

 
David has an ability to communicate difficult subject matter to non-technical audiences with ease and effectiveness.  His courses score consistently well with participants on both content and delivery.