Applied Strategic Thinking® Workshop

The Applied Strategic Thinking® workshop gets everyone in the organization thinking more strategically, which helps them and the business in many ways:

• Leaders and individuals develop strategic-planning skills to become more forward-thinking in their everyday roles by identifying and exploiting opportunities that are within their control.
• Leaders and individuals become strategically agile and able to quickly respond to changes or trends.
• Leaders and team members know how to better balance their time and attention between daily operational pressures and longer-term strategic initiatives.
• Business units attain more alignment and traction for overarching strategies that drive bottom-line results.
• There is better analysis of the longer-term impact of decisions and plans.
• Individuals discover new sources of motivation and excitement in their work.
• It creates a culture of innovation where individuals achieve strategic targets with greater success.

What makes Applied Strategic Thinking® distinctive is the fact that it is built around classic strategy principles but designed to be practical and geared towards supporting leaders and individual contributors in becoming more-effective strategic thinkers. Developing high-level, corporate strategic plans is not the focus of the workshop, but it does help participants see how they play a role in supporting the organization’s strategy. This workshop is utilized by hundreds of our client organizations around the world and serves individuals working at all levels and in a variety of industries.

The Applied Strategic Thinking® workshop is a highly interactive and engaging learning experience based on our book, Ahead of the Curve, which details the practical Applied Strategic Thinking® Model and its related tools. To enhance transferability, the following components have been incorporated into the program’s design and delivery:

• Rich exercises, a business simulation, and opportunities to develop and practice using the strategic-thinking skills.
• Individualized attention by experienced facilitators who help participants apply the skills to their unique situations and areas of responsibility.
• Skill and behavioral assessments that reveal each participant’s strengths and opportunities for development.
• Opportunities to apply the skills to real business issues; participants walk away from the program having created their own strategic initiative and execution plan.
• Application and sustainability tools that give participants a consistent strategic-thinking framework and a shared understanding of the fact that thinking strategically is part of everyone’s job, supporting their strategic-planning activities.

If the organization wants to take their game to the next level, people have to do the same thing. CMOE’s Applied Strategic Thinking®️ Assessment is a powerful tool that measures how effectively individual members of the organization think about their work from a proactive perspective. This assessment evaluates the seven most essential skills to prepare people to take charge of their future and contribute to the organization’s aspirations and vision. The assessment is aligned with CMOE’s Applied Strategic Thinking®️ learning experiences. These seven skills support the complete process of thinking and being more strategic. This assessment tool can be incorporated in a robust learning experience or used as a resource to develop and enhance strategic competence and to create a baseline for one’s ability to think, adapt, and prepare for the future.