What This Initiative Is About

 

With the global landscape changing so rapidly, the best leaders are looking beyond their day-to-day time horizons and creating strategic advantages for the future now. They realise, while every member of their team needs to be masterful in their execution, they also need to be well versed in the fundamentals of strategy so they can partake in the evolution & success of their organization.

 

This Program will give you a…

 

- Great grounding in the fundamentals of strategy

- Solid perspective on the best strategies of the last 50 years

- Fascinating insight to the pre-eminent strategic thinkers of our time

- Opportunity to enhance their strategic acumen

- Ability to significantly shape your organization’s future strategies

 

What You Can Expect

 

A ground breaking, absolutely unique, expertly researched & created, world class, professionally delivered initiative, which will address your specific needs and benefit you for a lifetime.

 

How This Initiative Is Conducted

 

This perspective shaping initiative is expertly run as a series of …

 

Illuminating introductions
Engaging dialogues
Interactive games & exercises
Thought provoking debriefs
Open questions & answer sessions
Reflection time-outs
Relevant case studies
Enriching assignments
Feedback loops

 

Initiative Outline

 

Day 1

 

The Strategic Leader

• What Is A Strategic Leader

• What Is The Value Of Being A Strategic Leader

 

Anticipating Change

• The Sigmoid Curve

 

SWOT Analysing Your Organization

• Figuring Out Your Key Strengths

• Figuring Out Your Key Weaknesses

• Figuring Out Your Key Opportunities

• Figuring Out Your Key Threats

 

The 7S Model

• Your Strategy

• Your Structure

• Your Systems

• Your Skills

• Your Staff

• Your Style

• Your Shared Values

           

Exploring The Future You’d Like To Create

 

Formulating The Organization

• What Are Values

• What Is A Vision

• What Is A Mission

• What Is The Purpose

• What Is A Strategy

• What Are Goals

• What Are Milestones

• What Are Targets

• What Is A Plan

• What Are Actions

• What Are Results

 

Three Levels Of Clarity

• Strategic Statements

• Action Statements

• Result Statements

 

The Balanced Scorecard – Measuring Success

           

Day 2

 

Strategic Perspectives From The Top Strategic Gurus

           

The Future

• Alvin Toffler

 

Strategic Leadership & Management

• Igor Ansoff

• Tom Peters

• Peter Drucker

                                   

Strategic Innovation

• Clayton Christensen

• Rosebeth Moss Kanter

 

Corporate Strategy

• W.Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne

• Kenichi Ohmae

• Michael Porter

           

Production & Constraints

• Eliyahu Goldratt

• W. Edward Deming

 

Organization Learning, Development & Behaviour

• Chris Argyris

• Peter Senge    

• Charles Handy

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Mergers, Acquisitions & Alliances

• P Haspeslagh and D Jemison

• P Lorange and J Roos

           

Human Capital, Decision Making Reengineering

• Gary S Becker

• James G. March

• Hammer & Champy

           

Global Strategic Solutions

• Christopher Bartlett & Samantha Ghoshal

• Gary Hamel

• C K Prahalad 

 

Day 3

 

Your Business Unit Strategy

• Defining Your Business Unit Scope

• Articulating Your Business Unit Goals

• Identifying Your Business Unit Competitive Advantages

• Designing The Value Constellation

• Managing The Value Chain

           

The Strategic Resourcing Model

• Your Contribution To Organizational Strategy

• Organising Your High Value Add

• Organising Your Business Necessities

• Organising Your Unique Value Propositions

• Organising Your Generic Value Propositions

 

RAIR Logic - Aligning Your Culture, Strategy, Leadership & Customers

Your Current Situation

• Current Customer Needs

• Current Strategy

• Current Organization Culture

• Current Leadership Style

 

Your Future Situation

• Future Customer Needs

• Future Strategy

• Future Organization Culture

• Future Leadership Style                    

 

Growing Your Client Base

• Your Current Clients

• Your Future Clients

• Your Retention Strategy

• Your Recruitment Strategy

 

Building Strategic Relationships

• Conceptual & Technical Collaboration

• Your Collaboration Framework

• Creating Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances