Strategic Thinking for Senior Management: Strategy Execution: Getting it Done

Seminar dates:

Johannesburg: tbc.
Cape Town: tbc.

Course Fee:

Single: R7,500.00 (R8,550.00 Incl. VAT)

Get the skills and knowledge to accomplish what so many others don’t; the successful implementation of strategic goals.
Whether it’s entering new markets, repositioning, outsourcing, or undertaking new initiatives or technology, execution of strategic goals is often a graveyard of good intentions. A recent strategy execution study of a broad group of leaders found that 65% of them do not consider their own organization successful at executing their strategies.

Learning Objectives

• Apply the 12 Steps of Strategy Execution to your own strategic initiatives
  
• Clarify the factors that contribute to your ability to effectively execute your organization’s strategic goals
  
• Break up large, seemingly impossible, long-term strategic initiatives into smaller, achievable breakthrough project initiatives
  
• Map out your own specific strategic goals and challenges against the vital points of success, failure and resistance
  
• Recognize the skills required to gain and sustain support by working effectively across organizational boundaries
  
• Identify ways to better integrate and align your strategy into what matters most to your department and organization
  

Strategy Execution: Why and What?

• Explain the meaning of Strategy Execution and why it is critical to your success on the job
  
• Use mind mapping to define and refine a strategic initiative
  
• Develop a breakthrough project for a strategic initiative
  

Designing for Success (Steps 1-4)

• Describe why taking responsibility for Strategy Execution is a critical part of your function
  
• Define and document a strategic assignment
  
• Define characteristics of a core team and elements of a strategic Initiative
  
• Diagnose the best approach for connecting with key constituents to gain input on and support for your strategic initiative
  
• Identify any necessary adjustments to an established strategy
  
• Complete a map of the key players involved in a strategic initiative 
  

Acting with Discipline (Steps 5-8)

• Plan and conduct a compelling kick-off event for a strategic initiative
  
• Use plans, schedules, budgets, and controls to track the progress of your strategic initiative
  
• Identify and address ‘derailing’ personal habits around making demands
  
• Ensure compliance with commitments to a strategic initiative plan
  

Dealing with Tough Issues (Steps 9-12)

• Use political skills to win over constituents and overcome opposition to a strategic plan
  
• Use creative problem solving to overcome unforeseen risks, delays, and obstacles to the execution of a strategic plan
  
• Manage the intense push to get the final result during a strategic initiative
  
• Complete a post-execution analysis of a strategic initiative 
  

Who Should Attend

Experienced leaders who need to successfully execute their part of larger scope, mission-critical strategic initiatives.