An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Financial Risk, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) & Problem Solving

Unlocking the Complexity of Financial Risk

09 - 13 Feb 2026
London
| $5950
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Introduction

This is the one training course that every business professional should attend because it deals with the very essence of the real-life practical problems and risks faced by us all on a daily basis. Such problems have a significant impact on individual and organisational performance and so it is crucially important to be able to use the appropriate management tools to resolve them and avoid their repetition.

This stimulating and thought-provoking training course on Financial Risk, Root Cause Analysis & Problem Solving takes a very user-friendly approach to enable participants to identify various forms of risk, use root cause analysis to determine the source of resultant business problems, and then use the tools and techniques of the problem-solving process. The Instructor’s own commercial and industrial experience plus many other real-world business scenarios are shared throughout this exciting training course to reinforce the use of such tools and techniques.

This Financial Risk, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) & Problem Solving training course will highlight:

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of this Root Cause Analysis & Problem Solving training course, participants will have learned how to:

Training Methodology

Seminar methodology includes its presentation in a very user-friendly way to suit individuals with varying levels of financial knowledge and business experience.

This Financial Risk, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) & Problem Solving training course will be conducted along workshop principles to ensure the development of transferable skills and knowledge using formal presentations, numerous worked examples, and real-world scenarios. Discussion of current issues, policies and procedures, together with interactive team and exercises, and videos reinforce the application of each of the learning points and topics covered.

Financial Risk, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) & Problem Solving

Who Should Attend?

Participants in this Financial Risk, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) & Problem Solving training course will provide benefits for their organisation through the enhanced knowledge and set of skills that they will take back to the workplace:

  • Successfully building integrated problem-solving teams
  • Using best practice to make better-informed and therefore improved management decisions
  • Increasing their knowledge of contemporary techniques that can be shared throughout the organisation
  • Facilitating the continuous and radical re-design of business problem-solving techniques to international standards
  • Ensuring that the risk management culture permeates throughout the entire organisation

Learning Journey Breakdown

  • What is Critical Thinking?
  • How to use Critical Thinking
  • Why do we need to think critically?
  • Resourceful Thinking
  • The Habitual Criteria and Core Patterns of Critical Thinking
  • Essential Patterns of more Advanced Critical Thinking
  • What is Risk?
  • Identification of the Different Types of Business Risk and Financial Risk
  • The Risk-reward Decision Model
  • The Four Choices Presented by Every Risk
  • Risk Models
  • Assurance vs. Insurance
  • Definitions of Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • Fundamental Elements of the Root Causes of Problems
  • General Principles of Root Cause Analysis
  • The Process of Implementing and Documenting an RCA-based Corrective Action
  • Root Cause Analysis Techniques
  • The Theory of Constraints (TOC)
  • The Deming Plan / Do / Check / Act (PDCA) Model
  • Using the Problem-solving Worksheet
  • The Nine-step Problem-solving Process Model
  • The Twenty-one Step Problem-solving Process Model and its value
  • Using the Tools and Techniques of the Problem-solving Process
  • Using the Problem-solving Process to Resolve Business Problems
  • The Use of Critical Thinking in a Business Context
  • The Practical Analysis of Business and Financial Risk
  • Applying the Tools and Techniques of Root Cause Analysis 
  • Developing a Usable Problem-solving Approach to Generate Practical Solutions to Real-life Business Problems

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