Strategic Thinking for the CXO

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Strategic Thinking for the CXO Course
Introduction:
In the 21st century, making business decisions involves navigating global disruptions, whether they are caused by a pandemic, environmental catastrophe, or geopolitical event. Organizations now, more than ever, need corporate strategies that are flexible and can adapt to these events, as they impact the entire ecosystem.
In this five-day program, you will acquire the skills to develop and implement strategies that establish and sustain a competitive advantage, especially in highly uncertain environments.
Course Objectives:
By the end 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 in order to formulate, evaluate and improve your strategy
- Learn how to develop creative, strategic solutions in your own 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 for 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 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.