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.