Strategic Leadership

Module 1(2 hours)

Organizational Culture

• Core responsibility of a leader
• Core values
• Instrumental Values
• How leaders impact culture
• Leadership authenticity
• Culture “Blind Spots”
• The Leadership Bubble
• Assessing Culture and Engagement

Module 2(2 hours)

People Judgement and Decisions

• Getting the right people in the right seats
• Aligning people decisions with core and instrumental values
• Rationalizing and evolving organizational structure
• Assessing employees for right person/right seat

Module 3(2-3 hours)

Strategy Development

• The VUCA Environment
• Strategy development process
• Asking the right questions
• Situational Analysis
• Winning Value Proposition
• Developing genuine insight
• The “Vital Few” key priorities

Module 4(2 hours)

Planning and Execution

• Measures, incentives, structure and process
• The executional journey
• Aligning strategy execution with culture and values
• Identify “gaps,” then assign teams and “owners”
• Adaptive and resilient culture

Module 5(2 hours)

Change Acceleration

• Overcoming resistance to change
• The Sigmoid Curve
• Frozen mental models
• Deal directly with resistors
• A compelling leadership strategy message
• Change Acceleration Toolkit

Module 6(2 hours)

Iteration and Course Correction

• Experimenting in the strategic execution cycle
• The After-Action Review
• Planning for iteration
• Converting “failures” into educational “experiments”
• Quick recognition and course correction

Module 7(2-3 hours)

Crisis Response

• Crisis Situational Analysis
• Align response with values, “brand promise” and strategy
• Define the “vital few” priorities that will make the most impact
• Develop a comprehensive communication strategy
• Assign teams and individual “owners” to all priorities.

Post-Work

• Personal Development Action Planning
• 30-60-90 Day Action Plan Reviews *
• Virtual, Group Touchpoint Session *