Strategic Thinking for Senior Leaders
About this course

Overview

The frameworks take an afternoon. Using them when the information is incomplete and the politics are in the room is the actual work, and that is where most of the week goes. You bring a live strategic question and are pushed to reach a position you can defend.

What you will be able to do

Learning outcomes

  • Use frameworks as tools rather than answers
  • Reason through ambiguous strategic problems
  • Navigate politics without losing the strategy
  • Make defensible strategic decisions
  • Build support for a chosen direction
What the course sets out to do

Course objectives

  • Apply strategic frameworks in real situations
  • Think clearly under uncertainty
  • Read organisational and political dynamics
  • Make and defend strategic choices
  • Align others behind a direction
Course content

Modules

01

Strategy in the Real World

Why frameworks alone do not produce good strategy.

02

Thinking Under Uncertainty

Reasoning and deciding when information is incomplete.

03

Reading the Politics

Recognising and working with organisational and political dynamics.

04

Making the Choice

Committing to and defending a strategic direction.

05

Aligning the Organisation

Building support and translating strategy into action.

Who it is for

Target audience

Senior leaders and executives responsible for setting and driving strategy in their organisations.

Before you start

Prerequisites

Senior management responsibility.

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