HELPING YOU GROW YOUR CAPACITY

StrategicThinking & Planning

Part of our Leadership Development ProgramA Unique and Inspiring Two Day Leadership Experience

“A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves.”Eleanor Roosevelt

LEARNING - CREATING - INNOVATING

WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP INTRODUCTIONDo you know where your organisation is going and how you plan to get there? Do you know why you are doing what you do? Are you a tactical thinker or strategic thinker?

It is through strategic management; Strategic Thinking and Planning - that organisations attempt to reach their goals and out-think the competition. Thinking strategically requires research, analysis, and a certain mind-set to create a plan for how you will proceed as an organisation. A recent study conducted by the Wall Street Journal of corporate human resources and leadership development executives identified the top 5 executive skills sought by organisations:

1. Strategic thinking 2. Ability to work across functions 3. Ability to drive results 4. General leadership 5. Core financial understanding

Other recent research underlines the importance of strategic thinking at the organisational level. 750 bankrupt companies with at least $500 million in assets in the last quarter before bankrupt were studied. Analysis revealed that the number one cause of bankruptcy in nearly 50% of the cases was bad strategy. In most instances, the avoidable situations resulted from poor initial strategies and not incompetent execution.

The ability to think strategically is both critical and essential for leaders and managers at many organisational levels and specific experiences and world-views can contribute to the development of an individual’s strategic thinking ability. Culture, among other organisational factors, can either encourage or limit those contributions. Leaders, as builders of culture, and with transformational mind-sets, can help create the ideal culture for learning to think strategically. If the leaders at the various levels of your organisation can’t think strategically today, you may not have a business tomorrow. Learn these essential skills so that you can continue to grow your business and your career.

Learning Outcomes

As part of our Leadership Development Program, our aim is to provide you with tools and guidance to enhance your abilities to think strategically and improve your strategic planning process; building on the skills you already have, and continue to develop, as leaders across the organisation. By the end of the workshop you will be able to:

• Understand and begin to expand your own thinking styles• Understand the value of leveraging other styles• Be exposed to competitive analysis as a means to identify opportunities• Understand the role of creative thinking in building and evaluating a strategy • Examine ways to communicate strategy that will earn support and commitment from all stakeholders• Experience and practice a methodology for clarifying and managing dilemmas inherent in strategic

management• Be exposed to a framework to develop their own strategic approach as well as to engage other

stakeholders, key resources and their team in a strategic view of their business and/or division

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVESDuring this experiential workshop participants will learn and practice the skills of Strategic thinking and Planning. The main objective is to provide participants with the essential underpinning knowledge and to enhance their understanding and use of tools and models for thinking strategically. Operations management asks the question: Are we doing things right? Strategic management asks the question: Are we doing the right things? So, if we look at thinking strategically from this point of view, we must start by asking ourselves if we are doing the right things in our team, in our division, in our department, and then in our organisation as a whole. Participants will also learn how to move people with vision of the future and inspiration. They will learn how leaders must think continuously in a strategic way to win an increasingly complex business world

Who is the workshop for?

• Professional managers and leaders who recognise new skills are needed and are looking to further develop their Strategic thinking and planning skills and competences

• Professionals from all spheres of business and from the public, private and NGO sectors• Open-minded explorers; people who love to learn and experience new things• Change agents; people who want to make a difference and leave a lasting mark

Workshop focus

• Creating the ideal culture that encourages and fosters strategic thinking• The importance of continuous review and discussion of external factors that may influence an

organisations strategy both now and in the future• Relevant tools to assist in the Strategic thinking process• Understanding yourself as a strategic thinker and your strengths and weaknesses across the

components of strategic thinking (scanning, questioning, conceptualising, and testing)• The importance of learning the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities that fall into four major

categories:1. A knowledge of strategic thinking2. Skill in organisational diagnosis related to strategic thinking3. The ability to critically self-reflect on one’s own strategic thinking behaviours4. Skill in planning and implementing self and organisational change to enhance strategic thinking

• The Six P’s of Strategic Thinking• Putting it all together

If I have seen further it is by standing on the sholders of Giants.Isaac Newton

Focusing on key themes, ‘Strategic Thinking and Planning’ explores the following areas:

Strategic thinking being defined as the generation and application of business insights on a continual basis to achieve competitive advantage. Strategic thinking being different than strategic planning. Strategic planning being the channelling of business insights into an action plan to achieve goals and objectives.

Understanding both Internal and external business environments

Creating the ideal culture for Strategic Thinking to flourish.

The purpose of thinking strategically and a strategic plan, as well as the purpose of the organisation itself.

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Understanding how as individuals we think and learn3 Disciplines that assist in Strategic Thinking

and the traps to avoid

Tools and models that help in our thinking and understanding

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WORKSHOP SCHEDULEDA

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Pre Workshop Essentials – Case studies to be read

•Welcome, Introduction & Icebreaker

•What does Strategic Thinking and Planning mean to you and why is it increasingly important to think strategically?

•What does thinking strategically involve?

10:15am - 12:00pm

•What are the benefits?

•Workshops objectives

• Types of thinking

Lunch Break - 1 hour

01:00 - 03:00pm

•Exercise: Herrmann Brain Dominance

•Discussion: Thinking vs Planning Strategically

•Exercise: Strategic Competition Team research and strategizing

03:15 - 05:00pm• Team presentations

•Discussion

•Afternoon session continued with experiential exercises, simulations and games

•Re-cap of today’s workshop and question and answer session

Coffee/Tea Break - 15mins

Coffee/Tea Break - 15mins

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•Review and Learning Dialogue

• The Six P’s of Strategic Thinking

10:15am - 12:00pm

•Creative Thinking –Introduction and Tools

•Exercises: Creative Thinking Activities

Lunch Break - 1 hour

01:00 - 03:00pm

• Frameworks tools and models for Strategic Thinking and Planning

•Exercise and simulation

03:15 - 05:00pm

•Afternoon session continued with experiential exercises, simulations and games.

• Future assignments, ongoing development, Thanks and Workshop close.

Coffee/Tea Break - 15mins

Coffee/Tea Break - 15mins

DATE & TIMETuesday 10 September 2013 8.30-17.00Wednesday 11 September 2013 8.30-17.00

VENUEHotel, restaurant or similar venue in Phnom Penh

SUITABLE FORProfessional managers and leaders who recognise new skills are needed and are looking to further develop their leadership skills and nurture and grow the talent within their organisation Workshop is delivered in English - medium level of English is required.

With more than 25 years’ experience in Human Resources and Learning and Leadership Development. Trevor has worked with the world’s ‘best of the best’; the elite ‘Special Armed Forces’; High profile Government Agencies; and other high profile individuals and organisations from around the world including: London Metropolitan Police Force, London Transport, US Navy Seals, British Special Forces and HM Royal Navy, The European Commission, Ford Motor Cars, Sony Electronics, and many more. He has also worked with some highly respected people in Leadership Development; Sir John Whitmore, CEO of Performance Consultants International, Gerard O’Donovan, of Noble Manhattan Coach Training organisation (one of the leading companies across the European Economic Community); and Dr Paul Thomas of DNA Definitive, an organisation working at the very leading edge of leadership development and complexity, and a number of senior country managers in the IBM Group.

His knowledge and vast experience ranges from Executive and organisation development; company start-ups, and preparing a company for inward investment funds - to talent development, leadership and growth, one-to-one coaching, team building and coaching in the workplace, and final exit strategies for CEO’s and owners. He has a great passion for analysing existing strategies in order to establish a closer fit with current needs.

WORKSHOP FACILITATOR

Contact Us Now and Reserve your place!

WORKSHOP FEE•US$200 + 10% VAT early registration by Monday 2 September 2013•US$250 + 10% VAT late registrations

*Final registration is due by 6 September

Workshop fee includes: •All materials •Certificate of attendance, and •Lunch, tea/coffee, snacks and water

Please contact Mr Sok Vannak to reserve your seat:Tel: 017 774 808 Email: training@thecapacityspecialists.com

Trevor Suter – Learning & Leadership SpecialistParts 1, 2 & 3 Masters Degree in Business Administration, Post Grad Cert Management, Post Grad Dip Management, Bachelor of Arts Degree (Hons) International Business, Higher National Diploma (HND) – Business and Finance, Cert Health and Safety, Accredited Associate of Institute for Independent Business International (AInstIB)

HOW WE WORK

We work in close consultation with you to conduct a Developmental needs assessment to identify organisational gaps and establish your learning objectives. In collaboration with your senior executives, we apply those findings to create a vision and learning design that will achieve your specific objectives consistent with your organisational culture. Our highly experienced facilitators then deliver programmes with the rigour of research driven insights, proven frameworks and techniques, and multiple opportunities to practice & apply.

THE IMPACT ON YOU

The real impact of your experience with The Capacity Specialists becomes apparent over time as you continue to apply the lessons learned to each new business challenge.

FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION

The Capacity Specialists providecustomised Leadership programmes for select organisations across the region. Our Leadership Development teamworks in partnership with your top executives to build effective andapplicable learning programmes designed to directly address your critical growth needs and challenges.

YOUR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

In addition to our workshops, we can help you develop a personalised learning plan that delivers powerful development and skills at key points throughout your career.

Our Global Leadership Programmes integrate the best practices and cultural insights of the world’s top leadership development centres & thinkers and forward thinking businesses alike. You will return to your organisation with renewed energy and focus, and the latest strategies for achieving your individual & organisation’s goals—and your career objectives.

Our programme Directors, Programme leaders and specialist programme facilitators design and deliver every workshop; drawing on proven business experience and field-based research, they will engage you in an unparalleled learning experience.

Situated in the heart of South East Asia and having easy access to major business hubs and cities in the ASEAN region, The Capacity Specialists is ideally located to organise and deliver your leadership developmental needs. With us, you will do more than prepare for the next step in your career. You will develop the worldview, strategic skills, and leadership capacity to master the complex global challenges that face you and your organisation today.

Experiential simulations and the holistic nature of our programmes, are proven tools for expanding your leadership capabilities and self-knowledge. Not only do they provide the underpinning and researched backed knowledge that is essential for all learning, but they also provide the tools for you to build and grow as individual leaders as your continuing development, and your career, progress.

WHY THE CAPACITY SPECIALISTS?

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Boeng Keng Kang 1Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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