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Strategic Thinking

Connect strategy to execution
In a world that won't slow down

Strategic Thinking strengthens enterprise thinking and the ability to connect strategy to execution in dynamic business environments where complexity is constant and clarity is a competitive advantage.

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Session Length
2 Hours
Modules
6 Modules
Format
Virtual or In-Person
Participants
8–50
Prerequisites
None required
Who This Is For

For Leaders Who Need to Think Bigger and Execute Smarter

A March 2024 McKinsey report states that less than 10% of leaders are strategic thinkers. This program is built for the leaders who want to close that gap, developing the enterprise thinking and execution discipline that separates good leaders from great ones.

VPs & C-Suite Executives
Senior leaders who need to operate with genuine strategic clarity, connecting enterprise-level thinking to the decisions and priorities that drive results.
Directors & Senior Leaders
Leaders preparing to step into more strategic roles who need to expand their thinking beyond functional expertise to enterprise-wide impact.
High-Potential Leaders
Leaders identified for advancement who need to develop the strategic mindset and business acumen required for more senior responsibilities.
Senior Leadership Teams
Leadership teams who need shared strategic frameworks, common language, and the collective ability to anticipate and execute across a dynamic business environment.
What Leaders Walk Away With

Strategic Capability That Shows Up in Real Decisions

Every module in this program builds a different dimension of strategic thinking, from the ability to challenge assumptions and anticipate change to the discipline of execution, agility, and business acumen that makes strategy real.

Disruptive and Strategic Thinking
The ability to challenge existing assumptions, imagine new possibilities, and think at a level that creates strategic advantage rather than just operational efficiency.
Focus and Execution Discipline
Practical tools for cutting through competing priorities, aligning the team around what matters most, and maintaining execution momentum even in volatile conditions.
Anticipatory Leadership Skills
The capability to see around corners, imagine how unexpected events might affect strategy, and build adaptive readiness before disruption arrives.
Organizational Agility
The frameworks to build nimbleness into systemic elements of the organization so it can keep pace with change rather than constantly reacting to it.
Strengthened Business Acumen
A sharper understanding of business drivers, financial literacy, market dynamics, and how to create and communicate strategic value across the enterprise.
Same-Day Application
Tools and a participant workbook built around actual strategic challenges leaders are navigating right now, applied starting the same day.
The Modules

Six Modules
One Strategic Thinking Arc

Each module builds a different layer of strategic capability, from challenging assumptions and prioritizing ruthlessly to anticipating the future, building agility, and strengthening the business acumen that makes strategy credible. No prerequisites required.

Module 01
Disruptive Thinking

Strategic thinking begins with the willingness to challenge what exists. This session introduces the Disruptive Thinking Continuum, exploring three levels of thinking differently and how leaders can develop this capability to see new possibilities where others see only constraints.

Session Focus
Defining disruptive thinking and why it matters more than ever.
The Disruptive Thinking Continuum: three levels of thinking differently.
Real examples of disruptive thinking in organizational contexts.
How to incorporate disruptive thinking into strategic leadership.
Skills Strengthened
Innovative ThinkingStrategic SensemakingInquiry & DialogueChange Leadership
Module 02
Focus & Alignment

Strategic thinking without execution discipline is just planning. This session concentrates on ways to identify what truly deserves focus at a strategic level, align the organization around those priorities, and make faster and more impactful decisions about where to direct resources and energy.

Session Focus
Team Focus and Alignment Assessment at a strategic level.
The business case for strategic focus and what it costs when it's absent.
Tools to align the organization around strategic priorities.
The three types of focus and how to strengthen each.
Skills Strengthened
Strategic PrioritizationOrganizational AlignmentDecision QualityExecution Discipline
Module 03
The 4 Disciplines of Execution

The gap between strategy and results is almost always an execution gap, not a strategy gap. Using the Four Critical Disciplines of Execution framework, this session gives leaders a proven roadmap for executing on critical priorities without losing sight of day-to-day operational demands.

Session Focus
The Whirlwind: why strategic priorities so often lose to urgent tasks.
Lag and lead measures: the difference between tracking outcomes and driving them.
Building a performance scorecard that keeps the team accountable.
Creating a cadence of accountability around strategic goals.
Skills Strengthened
Goal SettingPerformance MetricsAccountability SystemsExecution Discipline
Module 04
Anticipatory Leadership

One of the most under-utilized and increasingly urgent leadership capabilities, anticipatory thinking enables leaders to see what others do not see, imagine how unexpected events might affect plans, and create readiness before disruption arrives rather than reacting to it after the fact.

Session Focus
Understanding anticipatory leadership and why its urgency is growing.
Assessing your anticipatory leadership competencies.
How anticipatory thinking differs from and complements strategic thinking.
Ways to strengthen anticipatory capability in yourself and your organization.
Skills Strengthened
Future-Oriented ThinkingSystems ThinkingDecision MakingAnalytical Sensemaking
Module 05
Organizational Agility

Strategic leaders don't just respond to change, they build organizations that are structurally capable of moving with it. This session focuses on identifying and reinforcing the need for building nimbleness into systemic elements of the organization so agility becomes a capability, not a crisis response.

Session Focus
Defining organizational agility and what it looks like in practice.
The 5 Building Blocks of Organizational Agility.
Assessing agility in your organization right now.
Ways to strengthen and sustain organizational agility over time.
Skills Strengthened
Strategic MindsetOrganizational SavvyDecision MakingChange Leadership
Module 06
Strengthening Business Acumen

A March 2024 McKinsey report states less than 10% of leaders are strategic thinkers. This session challenges participants to demonstrate their strategic thinking capability, strengthen their understanding of business drivers, and complete a High Performing Business Leader Assessment.

Session Focus
Understanding your business drivers and what creates value.
Defining business acumen fundamentals: financial literacy, market insight, enterprise thinking.
Creating more strategic value to the business from your current role.
Applying your State of the Business Assessment.
Skills Strengthened
Financial LiteracyMarket InsightEnterprise ThinkingStrategic AdvisoryEnvironmental Scanning

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