Developing and Executing Strategy
- Traditional Classroom: 1-day
- Virtual Instructor-led: 3-3.5 hour sessions; Three 2-hour sessions
During this course, participants will develop a strategy that will take their business to the next level. This session focuses on building a business strategy and a strong vision, in addition to identifying the operating tactics that will make these things come to fruition.
Target Audience
This course is designed for mid-level managers and those who are managers of managers with at least four years of experience managing others.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how strategies are developed.
- Communicate and translate a strategy.
- Use execution tools for ownership, buy-in, and metrics that matter.
- Manage risk.
- Use innovation in strategic thinking.
Key Takeaway
Develop a business strategy and communal vision with tangible execution tactics that will successfully lift your business to the next level.
Course Outline
Module 1: A Foundational Model for Strategic Success
- Foundational Strategic Model
- Assess Current State
- Competitor View
- Self-Assessment
- Forecast the Future
- Define Your Strategy
- Assessing Your Options: Futures Wheel
- Exercise: Strategic Model
Module 2: Communication Strategy
- Define Your Strategy
- Translate the Strategy — GROW
- Goals, Reality, Options, Way Forward
- Communication Strategy — Customizing the Message
- Monitor Progress
- Exercise: Change Management — Communication Strategy
Module 3: Tools for “More Doing”
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Influence Strategy
- Exercise: Stakeholder Analysis
- Scope Management
- Framing Tool
- Bull’s Eye Tool
- Pareto Chart
- Project Scope Tool Approach
- Exercise: Defining the Scope
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Exercise: Creating a WBS
Module 4: Risk Mitigation
- Understanding and Mitigating Risks
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
- Exercise: Using FMEA
Module 5: The Blue Ocean
- Advanced Strategic Thinking — Coalesce
- Southwest Airlines Case Study
- Exercise: Blue Ocean — Innovative Strategy
MDI1349 Course Code
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