Strategic Management Training from CMOE

Overview

The future is full of opportunities; strategic thinkers are the people who will give these opportunities life. In today's fast changing business environment, leaders will need a broad perspective, vision, and awareness of the trends and developments shaping their work and businesses. Many leaders are so preoccupied with day to day tactics and thinking only in operational terms, that they fail to prepare for the long-term in order to position their team for future success. This is where strategic management training can make the difference.

The Applied Strategic Thinking Workshop is designed to help leaders obtain success by using two skill sets, good operational skills (focusing on day to day immediate business) and keeping an eye on the future, opportunities, and obstacles. With strategic tools and skills, leaders can successfully capitalize on the forces and events that are shaping their world. In fact, leaders can truly become architects of their future and be more entrepreneurial in creating a future that will position them for long-term, sustained growth.

Participants in this learning experience will:

• Clarify the meaning of "Applied Strategic Thinking" and the principles that go with it.
  
• Learn the skills and principles necessary to think at a strategic level.
  
• Learn how to apply practical tools that bring added value to the organization.
  
• Learn how to balance today's demands with consideration for future opportunities.
  
• Create and analyze practical examples that illustrate strategic thinking.
  
• Discover how to use strategic management and thinking skills to enhance future success.
  
• Understand how to align and link Applied Strategic Thinking to broad business issues and organization strategy.

Workshop Format:

• Introduction and Objectives
  
• Exercise: Introduction to Applied Strategic Thinking
  
• The Applied Strategic Thinking Model
  Concepts
  Tools
  Application
  
• Individual Feedback
  
• Exercise and Simulation to Practice Strategic Thinking Skills
  
• Application and Sustainability Planning

Workshop Design

Our Strategic Management Training is based on research and our new book "Ahead of the Curve." This training is available in four hour, eight hour, and two day formats. Each workshop is delivered by CMOE's talented and highly experienced facilitators. It can be taught on-site at your location or at selected battlefields as a way to introduce the skills through the strategic eyes of others.

For more information about the Applied Strategic Thinking workshop or other CMOE workshops and services, please call toll free (888)262-2499 or email us at info@cmoe.com.

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