Adaptive Strategic Thinking and Planning Masterclass

Why Attend

Aligning business activities to a company's vision and strategy is essential to ensure operational excellence. At the same time, changes in the competitive landscape will undoubtedly put pressure on the leadership to constantly adjust their strategy. How do leaders balance developing a strategic plan with continually adapting to the external environment? This two-week advanced course is designed for top-level executives who want to master that balancing act.

In the first week, participants will learn to anticipate and respond to market, industry, and competitive landscape changes using advanced strategic frameworks. The second week of the course is built around the Balanced Scorecard framework. Participants will learn how to design, implement, and monitor strategic plans aligning with the organization's vision, mission, and objectives. Participants in this course will be able to pinpoint the real reasons behind long-term strategic performance and will be able to replicate this success in their organizations. 

Course Methodology

This is an advanced leadership course that is facilitated over two weeks. The course uses interactive and hands-on techniques and several case studies on strategic thinking and planning aspects.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the importance of adaptive strategic thinking for organizational sustainability
• Identify the different paths to achieving a sustainable competitive advantage
• Use adaptive strategic frameworks to analyze internal and external environments
• Apply the future toolkit for long-term forecasting
• Identify essential elements of a corporate culture that promotes robust strategy execution
• Explain the benefits and importance of a Strategy Focused Organization (SFO)
• Develop a strategic plan for their organization
• Apply best-in-class benchmarking techniques to set targets for each KPI
• Design a balanced scorecard based on the Kaplan and Norton model
• Develop, evaluate, select, and review the performance of strategic initiatives

Target Audience

Top-level leaders and executives involved in charting and supporting the execution of the company’s plans to achieve its strategic goals and objectives.

Target Competencies

• Strategic thinking
• Competitive analysis
• Using adaptive frameworks
• Innovation
• Driving customer value
• Strategic planning
• Performance management
• Goal setting
• Developing KPIs
• Results orientation