Strategic Thinking for the CXO
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Strategic Thinking for the CXO Course
Introduction:
Business decision-making in the 21st century implies governing through global disruptions, whether it be a pandemic, an environmental disaster, or a geopolitical event. More than ever, organizations now require corporate strategies that are adaptable; as these events affect the entire ecosystem.
In this Five-days program, you will learn to develop and execute strategies to create and maintain a competitive advantage, particularly during a highly uncertain environment.
You will discuss the core principles and practices associated with strategy formulation, evaluation, and execution, as well as learn how to use strategic frameworks, models, and tools to formulate, evaluate, and improve strategies. Throughout the program, you will also analyze using case studies, and critical, real-world business situations, while learning how to develop creative, strategic solutions.
Course Objectives:
By the end of Strategic Thinking for the CXO course, participants will be able to:
- Learn the key principles of strategy formulation, implementation, and execution
- Learn how to use strategic frameworks, models, and tools to formulate, evaluate, and improve your strategy
- Learn how to develop creative, strategic solutions in your organization, through the analysis of real-world case studies
- Learn how to identify the inflection points that are the harbingers of large, systemic changes, such as digital transformation and pandemics.
Who Should Attend?
This program is ideal for:
- CXOs responsible for short- and long-term strategy, growth, and business continuity at the firm level
- Mid- to Senior-Level Management Executives responsible for building a strategic roadmap that is adaptable to any market environment
- Corporate Strategy Heads who need to monitor and report on new growth opportunities, areas for achieving efficiency, and advising organizational strategy
- Strategy Consultants advising clients on business transformation and growth, as well as mapping out business recovery strategies.
Course Outlines:
Introduction to Strategy
- What is strategy? Understand the scope of your organization in a challenging environment to produce goal-oriented results. Focus on the core building blocks to make strategic choices and carry them to reality.
Frameworks for Creating Breakthrough Strategies
- The key to success is creating an adaptive business capable of sustaining dynamic environments. Generate winning strategies and learn how to renew them in times of crisis for a competitive advantage.
Good vs. Bad Strategy in the 21st Century
- Understand the key differences between a good and bad strategy to create a great strategy. Translate this into your organizational strategy to achieve your goals in times of uncertainty.
Beyond Industries: Strategy in Ecosystems
- Get an introduction to ecosystems and why it is important to think beyond an industry. Then identify new value creation opportunities in your ecosystem to create breakthrough strategies.
Growth, Competition, and Mergers & Acquisitions
- Explore key aspects of managing growth and competition, including alliance, co-opetition, and mergers & acquisitions. We examine how legacy companies cope with competition from outside their industry and alternative ways to expand and diversify.
Corporate Strategy: New Ways of Conceptualizing It
- Get an in-depth understanding of corporate strategy. Learn how to establish impact in turbulent times
Emergent Strategies
- Learn how to make adjustments to survive and capitalize on external environments. Understand intended and emergent strategies, agility, adaptation & pivoting, and the models of management.
Execution and Implementation of Strategy
- Once you have a strategy, what's next? Master how to execute a strategy to achieve your objectives and the key challenges associated with it.
