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.