Strategic Planning, Communication, Measurement and Implementation

Understanding Strategic Models and Paradigms

• The strategic journey – common models and frameworks for strategic thinking
• Developing a strategic road map
• Recognizing and developing the characteristics of strategic agility
• Understanding and leveraging strategic competences and skills
• Defining the outcomes

Effective Strategic Implementation

• Strategic implementation tools and frameworks
• Structures and systems for strategic agility and performance
• Identifying strategic horizons and using the 7S framework
• Analyzing the key elements for implementation
• Measurement, analysis and knowledge management

Strategic Leadership

• Preparing for the future
• Effective styles and practices for strategic leadership
• Recognizing, analyzing and developing the strategic leadership styles used by you and others
• Developing inspiration and motivation
• Communicating the road map and gathering support

Driving Strategic Performance & Success

• Transforming the organization to enable strategic success
• Monitoring and adjustment
• Balancing the focus on performance and strategy
• Spreading leadership capabilities throughout the organization
• Maximizing organizational learning and knowledge transfer to embed strategic success

Week 2 :  Strategy, Leadership Innovation

Encouraging a Creative Climate at Work

• Innovative leadership for excellent performance
• The Critical mass for change and innovation
• Innovation VS Constant Improvement
• How a Leader Creates a Climate of Innovation
• Case Study on Most Innovative Companies
• Innovation and current business breakthroughs

Gaining the Participation of the Workforce

• The G.E. “Workout” Strategy
• Developing Creative Solutions for Strategies
• Gaining the “Buy-In” from the workforce
• Overcoming Paradigms
• Dealing with Organizational “Drift”
• Case Study on Gaining Empowerment

Leading on the creative edge

• Developing Creative Potential in People and Teams
• Understanding Creative People
• Convergent & Divergent Thinking Skills
• Motivating Creative Individuals at work
• Incubating ideas
• Interacting creatively
• Converting expenses to assets using creativity

Creating a Motivating Climate for Higher Productivity

• The Ten Key Elements to Setting up new Missions
• Setting Goals and Targets Creatively
• Creating a “Sense of Significance”
• Rewarding Performance
• The Four Step “Pygmalion” theory
• Generational Motivators

Driving Strategic Change

• Managing the Change Process
• Kotter’s Change Management Techniques
• Communicating with a Sense of Urgency
• The Downside of Change
• Creating a climate of Constant Change
• Successful techniques for Changing People