Overview
Build the skills to evaluate strategy, increase alignment and drive execution to achieve outcomes.
In today’s business environment, every manager requires the tools to assess, interpret and implement an organisation’s strategy in the context of their role and area of the organisation. This is so they can contribute positively to the realisation of the organisation’s objectives.
How leaders bring the strategy to life requires a keen understanding and the right skills to successfully integrate all components that support a results driven implementation strategy.
Some of the successful traits required are amongst the following:
- Analyse and evaluate systematically
- Engage key stakeholders to gain buy-in with influence skills
- Build compelling business cases
- Build positive momentum and synergy
- Sound decision making skills
- Understand how to drive strategic objectives in alignment with organisational values.
Implementing Strategy for Results will help you to understand why strategy is important, how it relates to different stakeholders and parts of an organisation, and how to translate strategy into action.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the intent of strategy and why strategic choices really matter to the business.
- Identify the characteristics of what makes a “good” strategy.
- Recognise and leverage critical communication channels and stakeholders.
- Evaluate resources, systems and structures that impact successful strategy execution.
- Identify silos and minimise their impact to leverage knowledge from across the organisation.
- Improve alignment between your team culture and the organisational strategy.
- Understand the levers that drive value for your organisation.
- Champion strategy execution as a value-adding practice for the organisation.
- Use storytelling and other communication methods to bring strategy to life.
- Develop a strategy execution blueprint ready for implementation in your team, business unit or organisation.
Designed For
- This course is designed for managers, team leaders and other professionals whose role it is to implement strategy.
- Applicable to those looking to learn the best practice methodology and analytical skills for strategy development.
- Ideal Size: 6-15 participants.