New World™ Strategic Thinking

A Leadership Masterclass...for the NEW World!

How to use a range of tools to think strategically…
… in a complex, competitive, chaotic and constantly changing environment

A practical and innovative workshop led by

Graham Wilson of Successfactory™
Background
In a fast moving, ever changing, competitive market place the ability to think
strategically is the key to being or becoming an effective leader. It is the process by
which leaders rise above the day-to-day operational activity to gain different
perspectives on the dynamics of the changing outside world and so be able to better
position themselves to reach their business goals. This workshops shares pragmatic
tools to help you achieve this.

Audience
Senior Managers responsible for developing strategy

Outcomes

Participants will leave with a set of pragmatic tools and a systematic process
that can be used immediately – A Strategic Thinking Toolkit

Participants will have a clear idea of how to improve personal performance and
overcome blocks to personal strategic thinking

Participants will learn what to do, what not to do - and what critical mistakes to
avoid

Participants will understand how to get the rest of the organisation aligned
around working more effectively

Participants will understand the need for collaboration

Participants will gain an insight into best practice strategic thinking

Participants will plan how to enhance personal strategic thinking capability

Your facilitator – Graham Wilson

Graham is a leading performance coach and inspirational developer of people. His key
purpose is to facilitate increased personal and business performance by creating the
desire for positive change and success. He is particularly interested in Senior Team
Development, Change and Innovation, Leadership and revitalising organisations suffering
from Change Fatigue!

Graham works Internationally with organisations and their Senior Teams to align
strategy and action, specialising in the people aspects of change. Since 1994 Graham
has consulted, trained and coached a number of top-level business people in the public
and private sector in the UK, Europe, Middle and Far East.

Graham is an inspiring facilitator of learning both in the classroom and to large

audiences of up to thousands of participants. His working culture is visionary,
enjoyable and results focused. He works in an atmosphere of openness, flexibility of
thinking, teamworking and integrity. Graham works specialises in the areas of: -
Leading Change, Leadership for the New World, Developing High Performance
Environments, High Performance Teamworking, Organisational Development, and
Business Transformation. Graham is also in demand by editors of numerous
motivational and management publications and is an accomplished conference speaker.

Graham has been described by clients as an ‘igniter of human potential’ and ‘inspirational
provider of practical insights that make a difference – immediately’.

PROVOKING – INSPIRING – EDUCATING – FACILITATING – COACHING

 Session Flow

Why change? – Old World/New World, Evolve, Dominate, Die

What to change? – Strategic Thinking Toolkit – New World Integrated Approach
What to change to? – Use of process and tools
How to embed change? – Strategic Thinking toolkit containing a selection of tools
such as Graphical Facilitation Techniques, Strategic Visioning Process, World Café,
Appreciative Inquiry, Hopes and Fears, Deep Dive, Blue Ocean and FutureMapping

Pre work: Explore Own Company Strategy, Read Robin Hood, Read Thought Piece, Do Self Assessment
Change Stage Topic Activity Tool Kit
09:00 Buy In Introduction World Café Exercise Hopes & Fears Tool
Hopes and Fears of
participants to shape
session
Set Ground Rules
09:30 Why Change?
Past(Old) World /Future (New) Discussion Evolve, Dominate or
World and why we need to Buzz Groups Die Strategies
think, behave and act Group Work The 3 Disciplines - Deep
differently Dive Technique

Strategic Thinking vs Planning

The 3 Disciplines of Strategic
Thinking
10:30 Break
10:45 What to
Robin Hood Case Study Strategic Thinking
Change?
Strategic Thinking Model Discussion Model
Application
11:45 What to
Strategic Thinking Styles Discussion Thinking Styles
Change?
Mapping Your Style Application

Critical, Creative and Systems Personal Exercise
Thinking
12:45 Lunch
13:15 What to Graphical Visioning Process Discussion Visioning Templates
Change to? Future Mapping Application to Specsavers Future Mapping
Blue Ocean Thinking Blue Ocean Thinking
15:15 Break
15:30 What to Appreciative Inquiry Discussion AI Framework
Change to? World Cafe World Café Process
16:00 How to Application of learning to Presentation of learning Landalog™
embed personal action plan and actions
Change?
16:45 Summary Review of learning Discussion
17:00 Close

We recommend that reflection and development of actions to happen within 24 hours. Suggest meeting with
line manager/teams next morning to discuss learning and implications. This embeds learning and increases
return on investment.

PROVOKING – INSPIRING – EDUCATING – FACILITATING – COACHING

 Delivery Style

The session will be energetic, provoking and very interactive. The material will be non-academic. The style of
delivery will be a mixture of interaction, thought provoking presentations, examples of good and bad practice,
team dialogue, inspiration, challenge. It will be action focused, practical, and pragmatic.

The main focus is to build the desire for the team to want to change and to share with you tried, tested, and
proven ideas that can be used immediately to improve performance. The session will challenge, motivate,
inspire, and get your team thinking that they really must do something. Wherever possible, participants will be
encouraged to raise real-life issues, and real-life examples will be used in preference to ‘case examples’.
Participants will have fun while they learn.

Investment

An investment in this workshop represents tremendous value when compared against the increases in results
that are gained. The participants will find the recommended workshop totally engaging and it will enable them
to create a clear focus, develop new skills, challenge/change behaviours and increase motivation to successfully
meet business demands.

The process challenges the way people think and take action, enabling them to be more effective, now and well
into the future.

We are eager to work with you on this exciting project and are committed to providing cost effective, and
inspirational, personal development to increase the skill, knowledge and motivation of your staff.

The investment is in the region of £4,000 plus VAT and any design work/delivery expenses. This assumes you will
provide a suitable venue.

Choose Successfactory™

We are not consultants

We are not academic

We are not ‘suppliers’

We do not warm over old tired ideas

Successfactory’s approach is down-to-earth, novel

and enjoyable. All the thinking, behaviours, tools
and techniques we teach are practical, easy to
apply and effective.

Successfactory™ has a strong record of ensuring

that clients get superb value from their investment
in their managers and executives.

Director of Learning Graham Wilson is recognised

as an international authority and expert on
strategic thinking and the Integrated Change
Management Approach using ChangePro™

PROVOKING – INSPIRING – EDUCATING – FACILITATING – COACHING