Break Through with Strategic Thinking
This course will provide a set of principles and practices to perform strategic analysis allowing participants to have more confidence in the decisions and impact they wish to have. The course will include case studies to help guide the learning path, along with practical exercises to enhance participants’ learning experience.
Case Work
- You will identify a personal case and apply Strategic Thinking tools to develop an action plan.
Pre-Work
Monday, April 13
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
90-minute interactive Zoom call
- What is Strategic Thinking?
- Why is it important?
- Your challenges and how you / your organization can benefit
- Review a Harvard Business Review case study
In-Class Session
Friday, April 17
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Gain a more in-depth understanding of Strategic Thinking
- Characteristics of strategic thinkers
- Self-assessment
- Strategy Models and Frameworks
- Application exercises
- Present results of your personal case
Follow-Up
Friday, May 14
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
90-minute interactive Zoom call
- Update on personal case
- Application in the workplace
- Best practices
Sanjay J. Dhebar, MBA is an author, top ranked facilitator and consultant with a passion for sales, marketing and strategy. Sanjay has developed a respected process and practical approach called “The Business Workout”, which enables business leaders to achieve better performance and success. Recently he published his book “Tool Box for Performance Driven Leaders” to compliment his keynotes on this topic. Furthermore, Sanjay is a faculty member at McMaster University, DeGroote School of Business and the University of Salzburg Business School in Austria.
Dr. Haniyeh Yousofpour PhD, MBA, PMP, PE Certified is a Harvard educated award winning business professor and consultant with a passion in organizational change management, negotiation and effective communication, and effective utilization of human capital. She is an expert in Human Resource Management, Change Management and Conflict Resolution. Dr. Yousofpour has led multiple change management initiatives and has provided integrative strategic management consulting services to multinational Fortune 500 companies including Johnson and Johnson, Toyota, Pfizer, Bausch and Lomb. Dr. Yousofpour’s integrative and distinctive approach; relying on a thorough assessment of the organization culture, goals, resources, limitations and human capital; enables her to design a customized and attainable solution to align organization strategy and resources scalable to a diverse range of clients. In addition to her consulting practice, Dr. Yousofpour teaches various university graduate level courses globally and has received multiple teaching awards for her teaching excellence.
Questions
If you have any questions about this course or registration, please submit us a question to discuss your development needs.
Who Should Register
Mid-to-high-level management with decision-making authority to drive organizational strategic goals.
Cost and Policies
$1295 + HST
This course counts as 2 credits towards a Certificate of Completion in the Executive Management Program.
Receive a $75 / course discount when registering for 5 full courses in the Executive Management Program.
* Registration for all 5 courses must be done in the same transaction.
All meals and parking are included for the in-class session on April 17.
Customize
This course can be customized to your organization's needs and delivered at your location or the Ron Joyce Centre.
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