INTRODUCTION FOR STRATEGIC THINKING SKILLS & EXECUTION FOR NEW AGE LEADERS – STRATEGY TO BLAST THROUGH YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS AT THE WORKPLACE
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
Smart companies need New Age smart leaders. For a company to grow and flourish and move beyond the business barriers to creativity and change, people must transform and breakthrough in their thinking abilities. It challenges the old paradigm and helps managers and executives to truly break out of the box… breakthrough thinking in action!
This highly interactive programme develops not just the techniques of thinking but also the application and execution of strategic thinking, which can be enhanced and improved through attention, practice and use of various critical & analytical thinking tools. The operating executional skills are quite different from intelligence and very often many intelligent people are actually bad thinkers because they are caught in the “intelligence trap”.
Strategic Thinking Skills & Execution for Leaders is about becoming a better thinker and executor in every aspect of leadership in making better decisions by systematically recognizing assumptions, evaluating arguments and drawing effective conclusions. Discover the core skills of effective thinking; then analyze your own thought processes, identify weaknesses, and overcome them. Learn how to translate more effective thinking into better decisions and execution; less frustration, greater confidence in pursuing and achieving company goals.
PURPOSE OF THIS WORKSHOP
Upon completion of this programme, the participants will be able to:
- Describe the roles of a competent strategic thinking new age leader
- To acquire the mindset and skill-sets for longer-term, big picture, broader perspective and higher-level thinking.
- Analyze current company’s competitiveness and execution, tactically
- Recommend and apply possible strategies in Execution to achieve competitive edge
- Display effective leadership style and assertiveness in driving the team towards company’s direction and initiative through effective execution.
WHO SOULD ATTEND
For Executives, Managers and above
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
Participants will achieve:
- Better clarity of purpose for themselves and their team, resulting in greater self-motivation,
stronger cohesiveness, sharper focus and consistently better results - A longer term, more strategic outlook that translates to more productive and effective
actions leading to more sustainable results in the long term towards group’s success - Better decisions based on better logic and a more complete and holistic view
- Higher collaboration, less conflict in their teams with higher output
- Greater problem-solving ability being able to see the big picture and broader perspective
- Practise how to apply innovation in strategic thinking for execution
LEARNING METHODOLOGY
The workshop will include:
- Explanation of principles, concepts and models
- Brainstorming, discussions and presentations
- Case studies and examples
- Use of templates, tools and techniques
- Mind Programming Methods
- Problem solving & strategic thinking games
- Self Reflections in evaluating personal changes needed
COURSE OUTLINE
- MODULE 1 – ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A COMPETENT NEW AGE LEADER
- Operational And Strategic Roles Of An Executive
- Expected Competencies Of An Effective Strategic New Age Executive
- MODULE 2 – THINK OUTSIDE-IN-A BROADER PERSPECTIVE
- Impact of external environment
- Organizational purpose, the big picture
- Future environment scanning
- 10 tools to achieve a more strategic mindset for yourself and your team
- MODULE 3 – METHODOLOGY FOR APPLICATION TO STRIVE FOR COMPANY’S COMPETITIVENESS
- The Value Of Understanding Regional Competition
- Essential Guides Of Situational Analysis – SWOT Matrix
- Tips To Determine Best Business Execution Strategy
- Essential Steps In Recommending Business Strategic Execution To Top Management
- MODULE 4 – LEAD TO EXECUTE BUSINESS STRATEGY EFFECTIVELY
- Prioritization Tool – Importance vs. Urgency Matrix
- Basic Principles Of Project Management
- Applying 80-20 Rule in Strategic Thinking and Execution
- 4M’s Allocation
- Task Assignment in Execution
- MODULE 5 – STRATEGIC EXECUTION IN BUILDING A SUPPORT TEAM
- 4 Leadership Style and when to apply
- Lead By Example To Build An Innovative Team
- Communicate Assertively To Build A Co-Operative Team
- Promote Team’s Integrity To Build Team Synergy
- MODULE 6 – INNOVATION IN CHANGE EXECUTION
- Strategic thinking and change execution
- Innovation in applying strategic thinking to effective change
- Applications in Work Execution
- Action Planning
