Coming
up with a great strategy is one thing, but actually
implementing it
successfully in order to get outstanding results is quite another. This is why
the real
challenge in strategy is in execution. Executives and managers require
the skills and competencies to go from
strategy formulation to day-to-day
tactical execution while ensuring the achievement of results that align
with
the strategy.
Leaders
at all levels must be able to
understand an organization’s context and
competitive position and then understand and execute on its plans to
achieve
its strategic, operational, and tactical goals. This requires strategic,
operational, and tactical
leadership and the integration these three levels of
planning, organization, direction, and control. Leaders must
know how to
integrate strategic, operational, and tactical leadership synergistically so
the organization can
grow and achieve outstanding results.
Contents
Day One
Strategy Excellence: From Strategic Vision to
Tactical Execution
From
Vision to Results: The Planning and Execution Framework
Understanding
the distinctions between strategy, operations,
and tactics
How
planning and execution work
How
vision, mission, and planning relate to morale, cohesion,
and unity of purpose
Nested
hierarchical planning
Mission
analysis and mission leadership
Measuring
progress and results
Day
Two
Strategy:
Setting the Vision and Direction
Understanding
vision, mission, objectives
Corporate-level
strategy
Competitive
strategy and positioning
Offensive
and defensive manoeuvres
Day
Three
Operational
Campaign Planning: Turning the Strategy into Actionable
Plans
Using
nested hierarchical planning and mission analysis to
create a campaign planning
framework
Understanding
and applying key operational concepts: centre of
gravity, main effort,
concentration, economy of effort, major thrust(s), and supporting thrust(s)
Working
with limited resources: deciding what to do and why to
do it
Building
a campaign plan to implement a strategy
Successful
manoeuvring and positioning
Day
Four
Operational
Systems and Processes: Setting the
Conditions for Successful Execution of
Strategy
Strategy
mapping and the components of organizational systems
and processes
The
financial perspective
The
customer perspective
The
internal perspective: operations management, customer
management, innovation,
and regulatory & social processes
The
learning and growth perspective: developing and
integrating human,
informational, and organizational capital
Day
Five
Tactics:
Getting Results and Leading in the
Face Competition and Obstacles
Breaking
objectives into manageable goals and tasks
Giving
direction efficiently and effectively
Using
and encouraging initiative, flexibility, and adaptation
within overarching
strategy, operational plans, and organizational structures and systems
Managing
for results
Feedback
and adjustment