How to think more strategically in your work and life. #strategic thinking #leadership

1. 7 WAYS TO APPLY
STRATEGIC THINKING TO
® YOUR WORK AND LIFE
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2. #1 Get a Grip
 Avoid falling into “auto pilot” mode
 Avoid knee-jerk reactions and quick fixes
 Avoid the “emergency technician” mindset
 Avoid succumbing to environmental pressures
 Avoid “winging it”
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3. #2 Aim at Something Specific
 Something over which you have control
 Something that is linked to the big picture
 Something you are energized about
 Something to implement an action plan
around
 Something grounded in results
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4. #3 Learn
 Everything you can from a broad range of
topics and areas of interest
 Everything you can from a narrowly focused
topic list (your organization, discipline, etc.)
 Use the knowledge you have gathered
 Ask, “What does the data tell me?”
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5. #4 Understand Your Environment
 Recognize threats (internal & external)
 Evaluate threats; avoid or minimize exposure
 Recognize advantages (internal & external)
 Evaluate advantages; utilize them to their
fullest
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6. #5 Visualize the Future
 Possible positive and negative outcomes
 Describe implications
 Define worst-case scenario
 Define best-case scenario
 Review research/options; make a decision
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7. #6 Create a Plan
 What will move the target closer?
 Detour around obstacles and hazards
 Discover strategic opportunities
 Define needed/on-hand resources
 Communicate the plan with others
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8. #7 Get After It
 Work through fears and anxieties
 Take steps, not leaps
 Commit to it
 Control speed; be responsive/adaptive
 Persist and be a team player
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9. Applied Strategic Thinking
Workshop Formats and Details
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10. Applied Strategic Thinking Workshop
 Strategy at a personal or team level as
Available opposed to high-level, corporate
Formats: strategy.
• 1-Day  Practical, straightforward, and beneficial
• 2-Day for individuals working in any position in
• 3-Day any organization.
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Experience  Informal; applied strategic thinking is a
fluid, everyday task, not a preconceived,
annual ritual.
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11. Applied Strategic Thinking Workshop
 Ongoing; a process that can unfold and
Available emerge at any time.
Formats:
 Intentional; emerges from the grass roots
• Virtual of the organization deliberately, not
• Foreign accidentally.
Language
Capability  Linked and aligned with “high-level”
strategy, but not dependent upon it.
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12. About CMOE’s AST Workshops
 Based on extensive and ongoing research.
 Available in a live classroom format, as well as virtual
or web-based.
 Feature tools, hardbound books, practice
opportunities, and simulations.
 Led by an experienced CMOE facilitator.
 Train-the-Trainer services are available.
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