

Critical Thinking, Decision Making & Ownership Excellence
Building Critical Thinkers, Better Decision Makers and Stronger Business Leaders
Workshop Overview
Today’s professionals operate in an increasingly complex business environment where decisions must often be made quickly, with incomplete information, competing priorities, multiple stakeholders, and growing commercial pressures. The quality of these decisions directly influences organisational performance, customer satisfaction, productivity, profitability, innovation, and long-term success.
This highly practical three-day workshop develops the critical thinking, business judgement, commercial awareness, and ownership mindset required to make smarter decisions and consistently deliver better business outcomes. Participants will learn how to analyse complex situations objectively, challenge assumptions, minimise cognitive bias, evaluate risks and opportunities, leverage AI responsibly, influence stakeholders, and translate decisions into measurable business results.
Through interactive simulations, business cases, decision laboratories, AI-enabled exercises, group discussions, and real workplace challenges, participants will gain practical frameworks and immediately applicable tools that improve decision quality, strengthen
TIME: 08:00 am to 03:00 pm
DATE: 2nd to 4th of November 2026
VENUE: Pullman Hotel Doha, Qatar
COST: QAR 4,000 Per Person


Key Features
Practical Tools & Frameworks
Participants will receive a comprehensive Decision Excellence Toolkit including:


Benefits

Target Audience
This programme is ideal for:

John Bentley
ICF Qualified Executive Coach | NeuroLeadership Institute – Certified Coach | Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Assessor & Coach | Vital Signs (360° Leadership & Organizational Assessment) Certified Practitioner
John Bentley is a highly accomplished leadership strategist, executive coach, and international facilitator with over 30 years of global business and consulting experience across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. As the Founder and Managing Director of Powerbase Con-sulting, John has built a strong reputation for developing senior leaders, strengthening organi-zational capability, and driving sustainable business performance.
With a distinguished corporate career in senior leadership roles at global organizations includ-ing IBM, Hitachi Data Systems, and Hewlett Packard, John brings deep commercial insight combined with practical expertise in leadership, strategy execution, and organizational trans-formation.
John has delivered significant, measurable results across industries and leadership levels:
• Designed and implemented leadership development frameworks for a $1.3B IT organ-ization, strengthening leadership pipelines
• Coached 100+ senior executives in leading Middle East financial institutions, enhanc-ing leadership effectiveness, decision-making, and team performance
• Enabled business growth from $9M to $50M, while reducing product-to-market cycle time by six months
• Led executive coaching and transformation initiatives for CEOs and leadership teams navigating complex business and operational change
• He has also delivered long-term leadership development journeys (6–12 months) for senior professionals, including GCC national talent development programs.
About the Trainer
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Critical Thinking, Decision Making & Ownership Excellence
TIME: 08:00 am to 03:00 pm
DATE: 2nd to 4th of November 2026
VENUE: Pullman Hotel Doha, Qatar
COST: QAR 4,000 Per Person

Serendib Training
PO Box 16638, 3rd Floor, Building No.47, St.No. 902, Zone No. 47
Al Thumama, Doha - Qatar