presents American Management Association Seminars
Strategy Execution: Getting It Done
Seminar No: 02209-XNBB
CEU Credits: 1.8
Length: 3 days
Get the skills and knowledge to accomplish what so many others don’t—the successful implementation of strategic goals.
This three-day, “learn by doing” seminar will give you a multifaceted arsenal of resources to help ensure that costly organizational or corporate strategy initiatives do succeed. You’ll apply the skills you learn to the development of your own flexible and achievable blueprint for the execution of your strategic plan. And, by accessing exclusive post-seminar virtual sessions, you’ll be able to apply these processes on an ongoing basis to organizational or corporate strategy initiatives.
How You Will Benefit
- Apply 12 steps of strategic execution to your own organizational or corporate strategy initiative
- Break large, long-term strategic plans into smaller, achievable projects and initiatives
- Develop the skills needed to gain and sustain support by working effectively across organizational boundaries
- Get tools and techniques for measuring and managing execution and sustained mobilization
- Leave with a well-developed and focused plan for successful strategy execution
What You Will Cover
- Designing a strategic execution goal for a successful outcome
- Using the “strategy testing process” to gain input and support
- Creating a compelling kickoff and driving a strategic plan through tracking controls
- Following up to ensure compliance with commitments to a strategic initiative plan
- Identifying key lessons from how a strategic initiative was implemented
Who Should Attend
Experienced team leaders, supervisors, managers and executives who need to successfully execute their part of larger scope, mission-critical organizational or corporate strategy initiatives.
Extras from AMA
Receive a complimentary copy of Robert A. Neiman’s Execution Plain and Simple when you attend.
Exclusive to Seminar Participants: Post-Seminar Virtual Session (optional)
Remotely attend an instructor-led virtual session (scheduled every quarter), designed to help participants execute strategic plans:
- Share and benefit from other participant success stories in strategy implementation
- Review challenges that have arisen during the application of strategic plans
- Receive tips and advice from both faculty and other seminar participants
Extended cpirse Outline
Learning Objectives
- Apply 12 Steps of Strategic Execution to Your Own Strategic Initiative
- Clarify the Factors That Contribute to Your Ability to Effectively Execute Your Organization’s Strategy
- Break Up/Out Large, Seemingly Impossible, Long-Term Strategic Initiatives into Smaller, Achievable "Breakthrough" Project Initiatives
- Map Out Your Own Specific Strategic Goal and Challenges Against the Vital Points of Success, Failure and Resistance
- Recognize the Skills Required to Gain and Sustain Support By Working Affectively Across Organization Boundaries
- Identify Ways to Better Integrate and Align Your Strategy into Fabric of What Matters Most to Your Department and Organization
Virtual Pre-Session
- Navigate Through the Technology Used for the Virtual Sessions
- Determine a Strategic Target Activity for Use During the Seminar
- Build Alignment with Your Manager on What Needs to Be Accomplished and Why
Seeing the Elephant
- Identify the Barriers to Successful Execution of Strategic Initiatives
- Create a Mind Map of a Well-Defined Strategic Initiative
- Develop a Funnel-Down Breakthrough Goal for Your Strategic Initiative
Designing for Success—Steps 1–4)
- Describe Why Taking Responsibility for Strategic Execution Is a Critical Part of the Leader’s Job
- Define and Document a Strategic Assignment
- Define the Characteristics of a "Core Team" and Elements of a Strategic Initiative
- se the "Strategy Testing Process" to Diagnose the Best Approach for Connecting with Key Constituents to Gain Necessary Input and Support
- Use "Raw Data" Collected During the Testing Process to Identify Necessary Adjustments to an Established Strategy
- Complete a Map of the Key Players Involved in a Strategic Initiative
Acting with Discipline—Steps 5–8
- Plan and Conduct a Compelling Kick-Off Event for a Strategic Initiative
- Use Plans, Schedules, Budgets and Controls to Track the Progress of Their Strategic Initiative
- Identify and Address Derailing Personal Habits Around Making Demands Relating to a Strategic Initiative Effectively
- Follow Up to Ensure Compliance with Commitments to a Strategic Initiative Plan
Dealing with Tough Issues—Steps 9–11
- Use Political Skills to Win Over Constituents and Overcome Opposition to a Strategic Plan
- Use Creative Problem Solving to Overcome Unforeseen Risks, Delays and Obstacles to the Execution of a Strategic Plan
- Manage the Intense Push to Get the Final Result During a Strategic Initiative
Learning for Experience—Step 12
- Complete a Post-Execution Analysis of a Strategic Initiative
Virtual Session #1—Step 9
- Build Constituencies to Support Your Strategic Plan
- Use Political Skills to Win Over Constituents and Overcome Opposition to a Strategic Plan
Virtual Session #2—Steps 10–12
- Overcome Unforeseen Risks, Delays and Obstacles to the Execution of a Strategic Plan
- Manage the Intense Push to Get the Final Result During a Strategic Initiative
- Complete a Post-Implementation Analysis of a Strategic Initiative
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New York
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Chicago
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Chicago, IL 60631
San Francisco
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San Francisco, CA 94103
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Washington, DC
Arlington, Virginia
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Arlington, VA 22202
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