MAKE THE CALL: The Power to Lead, Decide & Perform
The most expensive leadership decision may be the one you don't make. Every leader faces moments when the stakes are high, the information is incomplete, and everyone is looking to them for direction. A difficult conversation. A team losing trust. A critical decision nobody wants to make. In those moments, hesitation has a cost—not just to performance, but to the people counting on you. For more than 25 years, David Posner has made split-second decisions as a basketball official at the collegiate and professional levels, including NBA preseason and Ice Cube's BIG3 League. Combined with more than 20 years of healthcare leadership and business development experience, David brings a unique perspective to one of leadership's greatest challenges: making the right call when there is no perfect answer. Through unforgettable officiating stories, real-world leadership scenarios, and interactive **"You Make the Call"** moments, David puts audiences in the decision-maker's seat. Participants experience the pressure, evaluate competing perspectives, and discover how small decisions can have a lasting impact on trust, accountability, culture, and performance. At the heart of the experience is David's practical **R.E.F. Leadership Framework: Recognize, Evaluate, Forward.** Leaders learn to recognize what matters most, evaluate their options without becoming paralyzed by uncertainty, communicate effectively through conflict, and move their teams forward with clarity and confidence. Attendees leave with a practical leadership playbook they can immediately apply to difficult conversations, organizational change, team accountability, and the everyday decisions that determine results. **Because leadership isn't defined by the decisions you make when everything is going right. It's defined by what you do when the pressure is on, the answers aren't obvious, and everyone is counting on you. The moment is yours. MAKE THE CALL.
- Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- 1. Recognize- the warning signs of indecision, communication breakdowns, and unresolved conflict that undermine team trust, accountability, and performance.
- 2. Evaluate - competing priorities and high-pressure situations using practical decision-making strategies to determine appropriate actions, even when information is incomplete.
- 3. Apply - the R.E.F. Leadership Framework (Recognize, Evaluate, Forward) to communicate decisions clearly, navigate difficult conversations, and move teams forward with greater accountability and confidence.
