Soft skills training - Strategic Thinking

Course Outline

Introduction
This workshop will focus on developing the competences/behaviours required to identify and solve problems and formulate winning solutions and strategy. It draws on a number strategic and problem-solving models used in a business context while also drawing attention to the psychological aspects of problem-solving, both individually and within groups.

The workshop is for professionals to learn a behavioural approach to strategy formation by solving a critical problem that is current for your company. The workshop will also include a balance of tutor presentation and participation from the delegates.

The course is run over 2 days for 6-8 people.

Course objectives
The purpose of this workshop is to enable participants to become more strategically effective in dynamic, complex business environments by:

Building a comprehensive understanding of the competences that are critical for superior strategy formation, problem solving, thinking and planning in such environments
Understanding the psychological dimensions behind strategic planning and problem solving
Learning through coaching, practice and feedback, how to carry out analysis for strategy formation

Output of Programme
The delegates will develop a solution using the models presented within the programme to a strategic challenge that has been identified by senior management.

Course Content/ Learning Components

What is strategy?
What are the competences in strategic thinking?
Subjective versus Objective information
Role of information in Problem definition
Heuristics and biases – the psychology of how we process information
Systems and cultural level interventions in problem-solving
Models for capturing and representing information
What is a concept and why are they important to strategic thinking?
What is creative thinking? including: Analytical and creative thinking and Convergent and Divergent thinking
Creative thinking techniques
What is Solution Analysis?
Models for analysing options

Duration
This is a two day course

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