Aligning the Key Elements that Drive Performance: Strategic Leadership

25% The Changing Context for Organizational Effectiveness • Navigating the transition from the industrial age to the information age • Evolving organizational structures and their implications for leadership • Core competencies, relationships, and the networked business environment 15% The 21st Century Leader: New Rules and New Roles • Leadership in the networked business environment • Key strategic leadership roles • Critical strategic leadership actions 25% Creating Momentum: Assessment and Interpretation • Assessing your organization's 'DNA’ • Implications for performance • Assessing opportunities for recoding your 'DNA’ 15% Strategic Leadership: Putting It All Together • Strategic leadership in a nutshell: the process map • Strategic thinking, strategic intent, culture building • Your personal challenge 20% Applied Strategic Thinking: Action-planning Exercises To Help You Apply the Concepts to Your Organization • Workshops/discussions throughout the session where you will have a chance to work with your peers to clarify your leadership point of view and discuss your plan of action for enhancing your performance and that of your organization.

Seminar Description

Today's leaders are faced with a daunting challenge: maintaining performance and profitability while at the same time evolving their organizations to accommodate the new structures and technologies demanded by the networked economy. This highly interactive workshop will help leaders to assess their personal readiness--and that of their organization--to take advantage of the opportunities presented in today's unprecedented environment of change and innovation. It is not a checklist of "how to's," but rather a thoughtful examination of major business trends, your organization's readiness to deal with them, and the leadership approaches you can use to take advantage of the opportunities and challenges they present.

Guide to Participant Selection

Department

Admin

Distrib

Engr

Finc

H.R.

Legal

Mktng

IT

Opr

Plng

Pchsg

R&D

Sales

Senior Executive
(Pres, Exec & Sr VP) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Executive
(VP & Gen'l Mgr)
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Senior Managers
(Div & Reg. Mgrs) 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1

Middle Managers
& Superintendents 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3

APPLICABILITY:
1 indicates primary target audience.
2 indicates a good fit if the level of material is appropriate.
3 indicates (in the opinion of the institute and the faculty) very limited applicability.