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Duration 35 hours
Course Outline
Day 1 – Strategic Insight & Strategic Thinking
- Exploring the significance of strategic insight
- Contrasting strategic thinking with operational thinking
- Recognizing organizational priorities and strategic challenges
- Conducting environmental and stakeholder analysis
- Applying SWOT and PESTLE frameworks
- Identifying trends, risks, opportunities, and emerging issues
- Aligning organizational goals with business priorities
- Strategic problem-solving and decision-making processes
- Cultivating a strategic mindset
- Practical Activity: Strategic analysis of a real-world workplace scenario
Day 2 – Turning Insight into Strategic Action
- Translating analysis into strategic choices
- Identifying strategic options and alternatives
- Assessing risks, opportunities, and business impact
- Prioritizing initiatives and allocating resources
- Scenario planning and future-oriented thinking
- Applying critical thinking in complex situations
- Making decisions with limited information
- Formulating strategic recommendations
- Communicating strategic insights to senior stakeholders
- Workshop: Drafting a strategic action plan
Day 3 – Coaching & Mentoring for Performance
- Understanding the core concepts of coaching and mentoring
- Distinguishing coaching, mentoring, training, and management
- The role of leaders as coaches and mentors
- Establishing trust and psychological safety
- Practicing active listening and powerful questioning
- Setting goals and conducting development conversations
- Providing and receiving constructive feedback
- Applying coaching models and frameworks
- Addressing performance and behavioral challenges
- Creating individual development plans
- Practical Activity: Coaching and mentoring role plays
Day 4 – Impact & Influence
- Understanding personal impact and professional credibility
- Sources of influence and power in organizations
- Influencing outcomes without formal authority
- Mapping and analyzing stakeholders
- Understanding diverse stakeholder needs and motivations
- Employing persuasive communication techniques
- Constructing compelling business arguments
- Demonstrating executive presence and confident communication
- Managing resistance and difficult stakeholders
- Utilizing negotiation and influencing techniques
- Workshop: Stakeholder influence simulation
Day 5 – Strategic Influence & Leadership Application
- Integrating strategic insight, coaching, and influence
- Influencing high-level strategic decisions
- Leading effectively through change and uncertainty
- Managing difficult and high-stakes conversations
- Building alignment across teams and stakeholders
- Generating commitment and accountability
- Coaching others to achieve strategic objectives
- Measuring the impact of leadership interventions
- Developing a personal leadership and influence action plan
- Final Exercise: Integrated strategic leadership case study
- Individual action planning and course review
Requirements
- A foundational to intermediate grasp of leadership and management principles.
- Professional experience in supervisory, managerial, or specialist roles is advised.
- No formal certifications or technical prerequisites are necessary.
Testimonials (2)
Very open and good discussions
Martin - Novelis Deutschland GmbH
Course - Strategic Management
Very practical. Trainer was very flexible in ensuring we meet our needs.
