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Strategy Execution WorkshopCreate Your 90-Day Action Blueprint for Strategy Success

Even the best strategic plan is of little value if the organization is incapable of effectively

executing it. Yet strategy execution is all too rarely given the time and effort it requires to turnstrategic vision into sustained business success.

This course will provide you with key tools, techniques and best practices for effective strategyexecution. You will understand the relationship of strategy design, leadership, communication,

organizational structure, core capabilities and strategic renewal to strategy execution. The

workshop format will enable you to practice applying a systematic strategy execution process toyour business, and to develop an action blueprint based on your strategy.

Takeaways

Understand the dynamic interplay between strategy design and execution Identify where changes may be needed in your organizations structure, processes,

reward philosophy or culture in order to implement your strategy successfully

Enrich your execution skills with the best practices of excellent companies Make incisive strategy-based decisions, with due consideration of trade-off choices in

organization design

Leverage strategy implementation to make the strategy real and tangible

Design an organizational architecture that develops critical competences Employ a strategy communication approach based on proven practices Implement a strategy review framework that facilitates quick response to changing

situations

Implement a reward philosophy that motivates people to own the strategy and business Embed an organizational culture that builds sustained competitive advantage Manage ongoing implementation processes and communicate progress

Course Content

Using Best Strategy Execution Practices to Achieve Business Goals

developing your authentic leadership style: pinpointing areas for improvement building a robust approach to strategy communication leveraging innovation to overcome trade-offs in organizational design increasing execution effectiveness by managing the relationship between employee

motivation, reward philosophy and culture

prioritizing your initiatives to achieve strategic goals

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Developing Your 90-Day Action Blueprint

determining key execution focus areas identifying changes required in structure, processes, reward system and culture in order to

make the strategy happen

setting an agenda for change and forming a powerful change coalition identifying, developing and aligning initiatives to key strategic goals defining measurements and milestones for each initiative reframing targets for each strategic goal

Managing the Strategy Execution Journey

evaluating your action plan and changing your priorities if necessary

communicating progress on a timely basis assessing areas of misalignment between structure, processes and culture, and

recalibrating initiatives to bridge the gap

conducting regular strategy reviews reframing the strategy: connecting execution back to design

Special Features

This participant-centric workshop will help you develop a robust set of strategy executioncompetences. You will practice applying the ideas and skills you are learning to your business,

and develop part of a 90-Day Action Blueprint for your own organization on each day of the

course. The learning will be enhanced by group discussions and activities that focus on realissues and challenges in strategy execution.

Who Should Attend

Executives, senior managers and entrepreneurs who wish to develop practical skills in effective

strategy execution, in orderto contribute to the growth and profitability of their businesses.

Course Leader

Dr. Rajinder Rainais a Professor of strategic management at the Gordon Institute of Business

Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa. He has more than 20 years of managementexperience in India, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria and France. He has advised multinational

organizations such as The World Bank and IBM in strategic management and global expansion.Currently, he advises clients on entry and expansion strategies in Africa and India.

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Certificates

This course qualifies as a designated course for an Executive Education Certificate. For more

information, view the Certificate Learning Planner on our website:

www.sauder.ubc.ca/ee/certify

To Register

Executive Education

www.sauder.ubc.ca/exec_edTel. 604.822.8400 (toll-free 1.800.618.3932)