Mastering Operational Excellence: Strategies and Implementation

Objective:

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

• Interpret the internal and external forces shaping the future
• Develop & follow a strategic roadmap through a clear vision & statement of strategic intent
• Identify the competencies and capabilities of strategically agile and effective organizations
• Recognize your own strategic leadership style and the styles of others
• Effectively prepare, motivate, and guide your organization, unit, or team towards the vision

Content:

Understanding the Strategic Environment

• Understanding the impact of leadership competencies on company strategy
• Recognizing and interpreting forces in the strategic environment
• Understanding the importance of planned and creative approaches to strategy development
• Recognizing organizational change readiness and strategic inflection points
• Recognizing the impact of perceptions on strategic choices

Understanding Strategic Models and Paradigms

• The strategic journey – common models and frameworks to enable strategic choices
• Developing a strategic roadmap
• Understanding and leveraging strategic competences and skills
• Case Study: managing well in an unpredictable environment
• Recognizing and developing the characteristics of strategic agility

Effective Strategic Implementation

• Recognising the key challenges of strategy implementation
• Understanding the impact of structures on organisational effectiveness
• Using the 7S model to analyse organisational competence
• Turning measurement into information to track performance and inform future strategy
• Building learning organisations to support agility

Strategic Leadership

• Effective styles and practices of strategic leaders
• Recognizing, analysing, and developing the strategic leadership styles used by you and others
• Great leaders inspire and motivate – do carrots and sticks work?
• Develop your leadership toolkit by understanding motivation theories
• Case Study: Practice your negotiation skills in complex circumstances

Driving Strategic Performance & Success

• More leadership styles: servant leadership and dispersed leadership
• Understanding the human impact of change
• Understanding employee engagement
• Using communication media effectively
• Achieving success through a dynamic equilibrium between compliance and innovation