Strategic Thinking

Define strategic thinking and distinguish it from strategic planning and management

Explain a high-level approach to gaining strategic thinking skills

Integrate other interpersonal skills, such as self-awareness, systems thinking, leadership, constructive conflict, and collaboration, into the fabric of strategic thinking skills

Select appropriate techniques to apply strategic thinking in specific situations

Recognize and emulate effective strategic thinking behaviors

Introductions

Course structure

Course goals and objectives

Interactive event: Define Strategic Thinking (ST)

Interactive event: Discuss relationship of ST with Strategic Planning, Management and Decision Making

Strategic Level Framework - Tying it all together

Strategic thinking attributes

Strategic Thinking Critical Success Factors - 5-part model

Strategic Thinking and the Organization

Critical Success Factors Model applied to an organization

Tools Introduction (5): Environmental, 5 Forces, SWOT, Value Proposition, Integral Theory of Worldview

Video: Fog of War

Strategic Thinking and the Individual

Critical Success Factors Model applied to an individual

Tools Introduction (5): Thinking Styles, Six Thinking Hats, Reverse Thinking, Systems Thinking, Integral Theory of Worldview

Emotional Intelligence - Self Awareness and Working With Others

Team Leadership and Trust

Constructive Conflict as the Gateway to Collaboration

Interactive event: Testing the Models - Challenge Perspective; What's Missing

Worldview: Team versus client

Trusted Advisor

Interactive event: Doing what is asked (Case study, wherein participants review the default case scenario prepared for this workshop and add specific details to make the scenario more relevant to their experiences / needs. Teams develop an action plan for applying ST concepts and techniques they have learned here to the situation, then compare and contrast results.)