How to Build Strategic Thinking Skills

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How to Build Strategic Thinking Skills
A practical approach to strategic thinking, problem solving, and decision making. In other words, a day of training that’s absolutely CRITICAL for EVERY success-minded professional!

You can attend FREE with STAR12 membership - Get more info.

What You’ll Learn | Workshop Agenda | Attendee Reviews |

Program Description:

You’ve Got Challenges. This Training Will Help You Succeed ... We Guarantee It!

It seems like the new mantra of today’s workplace is “we’ve got to be strategic about this.” But, while there’s a lot of lip service proclaiming the virtues of strategic thinking, there isn’t a great deal of understanding of what strategic thinking really is. And that leads to poor strategies.

Unfortunately, when our strategies are weak, so are our results. That’s why this training is so important.

How to Build Strategic Thinking Skills is an amazing day of learning that will open your mind to a whole new way of thinking about how you think through any challenge or problem you face.

You’ll learn how to break down any business situation from a strategic perspective, identifying hurdles, opportunities, hot issues, and constraints. Then, you’ll learn to formulate effective strategies for addressing the dilemma you’re up against ... creating an effective strategic plan and execution strategy to ensure positive results.

Better Decisions Begin With Strong Strategic Thinking Skills
Want to be a stronger problem solver? Want to make more on-target decisions more frequently? It all starts with improving your strategic thinking skills.

At this workshop, you’ll learn how to ...

Challenge conventional thinking
Read the environment of today and anticipate the environment of tomorrow
Weigh risks against the potential rewards
Understand the drivers, strengths, and vulnerabilities of any situation or business condition
Articulate your strategies so everyone understands
Avoid costly mistakes using “what-if” thinking
Align strategic decisions with critical goals

It’s an incredible, intensive day of training sure to help you be a more successful decision maker from now on!

What Are You Waiting For? The Smart Strategy Is to Enroll Right Now! Savvy professionals recognize an opportunity to take their skills to a whole new level — and, my friend, this training IS that opportunity!

One-Day Seminar

Cancellation Details:
If circumstances arise that require you to cancel your enrollment, see cancellation details below.

This event is FREE for STAR12 pass-holders — Get more info.

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When you register for the STAR12 All-Access Training Pass, you’ll get this event — and every event after this — for FREE!* And the best part is, you can get everything the STAR12 pass includes for only $299. Learn more

*You’ll have the option of registering for STAR12 during checkout.

What You'll Learn: (click + to expand)

Respond more quickly and strategically in a constantly changing business climate
Identify not-so-obvious opportunities in any situation
Communicate your strategic vision in a way that gains buy-in and commitment to critical goals
Learn from the strategy missteps ... and the successes ... of others
Challenge the status quo and lead your organization to greater success
Discover how to acquire and evaluate information required to form smart strategies
Understand organizational barriers to thinking strategically and implementing new strategic plans
Learn how to move from strategic thinking to strategic planning
Access more of your “idea power” than you currently do to generate smarter, more effective solutions

Workshop Agenda: (click + to expand)

Strategic Thinking Essentials

Strategic Thinking Rule #1: Open minds are essential!
Challenging conventional thinking
What’s your vision? Seeing possibilities beyond the present
Thinking big and broadly
Automatic filters that affect your perception of the world and the way you think
Reading the environment of today and anticipating the environment of tomorrow
Zoom-in, Zoom-out: looking beyond the picture you see from where you stand

Strategic Thinking for Better Decisions

What do you need to accomplish? Focus on the goal
Weighing risks against the potential rewards
Intuition or hard fact? Why you need to consider both
Building adaptability and flexibility into your decisions
Choices must be made: establishing priorities
How hiccups and mistakes can be a strategic thinker’s best friend

The Strategic Thinker’s Thinking Tools

The important role of information gathering in concepting new strategies
Understanding the drivers, strengths, and vulnerabilities of any situation or business condition
Identifying roadblocks and land mines that can throw you off track
Protecting your “thinking time” — it’s hard to be your strategic best amidst the hustle and bustle of everyday life
Questioning strategies: the best answers come from the best questions
Articulating your strategies: communicating so everyone understands

Creative and Critical Thinking Skills

The differences among strategic, creative, and critical thinking — and why all 3 are important
Creative idea generation — how to come up with lots of outside-the-box ideas fast
An oldie but still a goodie for critical thinkers: SWOT Analysis
Get out of “stuck in a rut” thinking
Avoid costly mistakes using what-if thinking
Paradigms: where to look for the next generation of breakthrough ideas
Using the “Why 5 Tool” to determine what’s really important to you

From Strategic Thinking to Strategic Planning

Aligning strategic decisions with critical goals
Critical steps of strategic thinking that guarantee your action plan succeeds
Ground rules for making stronger decisions and plans
Setting measurable, specific objectives
Identify organizational barriers that may interfere with new strategic plans
Keeping strategic planning simple: the hazards of confusing “comprehensive” with “complex”
Resource needs planning: a critical part of any strategic plan
The strategic planning team — and why it’s never a team of one!
How to monitor your strategic plan’s effectiveness and recognize cues that signal

Attendee Reviews: (click + to expand)

“If you’re a decision maker in your organization, you should attend this training. It’s really enlightening.”
R. Mayhew

“The trainer was terrific. This has opened my mind to a new way of thinking.”
G. Anderson

“This seminar helped me look at my problems in a whole new light ... I’m leaving with new insights, and even better — new solutions!”
J. Patterson

“An AMAZING day of learning — I’m so glad I came!”
J. Frankel

“This training is a 10! It’s the best seminar I’ve ever attended!”
M. Pierce

Cancellation Details: If circumstances arise that require you to cancel your enrollment in How to Build Strategic Thinking Skills, you may substitute another person in your place or receive a credit memo for a future seminar of equal value. Or, you may receive a refund, minus a $10 enrollment processing charge, provided you notify us at least five days before the training. At that time, any additional online training materials included in your registration will be deactivated.

Additionally, if your enrollment included a STAR12 membership, it will also be cancelled at that time. Once you attend How to Build Strategic Thinking Skills, or any other seminar through your STAR12 membership, no refunds will be granted.

Continuing education credits may be recognized by your professional board. Contact your own board to find what’s required.

If you have any specific questions concerning our CEU/CPE programs, please e-mail our CEU/CPE representative.

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