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£850
£850
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6 hours
All levels
The goal of this course is to provide you with the building blocks and the motivation to develop the critical skill of strategic thinking. The participants will consider a four-part model that distinguishes strategic thinking from strategic planning and managing. With that understanding, you will investigate the critical components of strategic thinking and how to apply it effectively.
Define strategic thinking and distinguish it from strategic planning and management
Explain a high-level approach to gaining strategic thinking skills
Integrate other interpersonal skills, such as self-awareness, systems thinking, leadership, constructive conflict, and collaboration, into the fabric of strategic thinking skills
Select appropriate techniques to apply strategic thinking in specific situations
Recognize and emulate effective strategic thinking behaviors
Introductions
Course structure
Course goals and objectives
Interactive event: Define Strategic Thinking (ST)
Interactive event: Discuss relationship of ST with Strategic Planning, Management and Decision Making
Strategic Level Framework - Tying it all together
Strategic thinking attributes
Strategic Thinking Critical Success Factors - 5-part model
Strategic Thinking and the Organization
Critical Success Factors Model applied to an organization
Tools Introduction (5): Environmental, 5 Forces, SWOT, Value Proposition, Integral Theory of Worldview
Video: Fog of War
Strategic Thinking and the Individual
Critical Success Factors Model applied to an individual
Tools Introduction (5): Thinking Styles, Six Thinking Hats, Reverse Thinking, Systems Thinking, Integral Theory of Worldview
Emotional Intelligence - Self Awareness and Working With Others
Team Leadership and Trust
Constructive Conflict as the Gateway to Collaboration
Interactive event: Testing the Models - Challenge Perspective; What's Missing
Worldview: Team versus client
Trusted Advisor
Interactive event: Doing what is asked (Case study, wherein participants review the default case scenario prepared for this workshop and add specific details to make the scenario more relevant to their experiences / needs. Teams develop an action plan for applying ST concepts and techniques they have learned here to the situation, then compare and contrast results.)