Executing Strategy

Business leaders are anxious about the challenges facing their businesses over the next period of time.

Having formulated a great strategy, how can you make sure that it is put into practice and leads to the desired business results? And in an increasingly volatile and ambiguous operating environment, how do you also take advantage of the opportunities caused by this turbulence?

In this course the tutors will challenge you to think and act differently, using a mix of thought-provoking academic perspectives, stimulating case studies and practical exercises. Participants will progressively develop a personalised ‘playbook’ of insights, skills and interventions that will help enhance their organisation's ability to successfully execute strategies in an environment that is increasingly fraught with uncertainty. The emphasis is categorically on creating practical deliverables, grounded in solid understanding of the issues in the context of your organisation.

Key elements feeding into the playbook are:

• A rigorous understanding of the nature and foundations of the specific strategies, strategic planning processes and competitive environment that participants are engaged with. This provides a basis for appreciating how each strategy is best executed and what resources and capabilities will enhance the ability to successfully execute such strategies.
• An exploration of reasons why strategic change programmes often fail; how these apply to the participants’ organisations; and how identified causes of failure could be addressed.
• A range of perspectives on effecting innovation and change in relation to strategic plans.
• Digital adoption as a core element of contemporary strategy execution.
• Dealing with strategic contradictions to create resilient, sustainable organisations.

Throughout the week there will be scope to explore in more detail any topics that emerge as being of particular interest to the cohort.