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Visionary Management The Art of Seeing First Author: Henry Mintzberg Author: Frances Westley We human beings have the habit of thinking first. We think and then we act. But something is missing here. Can we think and act before we see? This CoachingOurselves topic considers "Seeing First" by asking you to do something that you might not have done since you were in grade school: create a piece of art collaboratively, in order to see a key  more...

SWOT for Strategy Author: Joseph Lampel Clear strategic thinking depends on a good assessment of your organizationa ™s internal and external environments. SWOT, which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats, is one of the simplest and yet most powerful tools that you as a manager can use to bring your strategic situation into sharper focus. The objectives for todaya ™s session  more...

Strategic Thinking as Seeing Author: Henry Mintzberg Strategy is not something reserved for so-called "top" management. There are plenty of examples of regular employees coming up with ideas that changed their company. But here our intention is less ambitious: to recognize that every manager has to think strategically in his/ her job, whether it be a sales manager finding a new approach to reach customers, or a hockey  more...

Strategic Blindspots Author: Estelle Metayer Is your decision making guided by assumptions which are out of touch or out of date? Organizations invest a lot of time and energy in strategy but invalid beliefs and biases may be derailing your success. These strategic blindspots distort your perception of competitive reality, so that even the most seasoned managers may fail to foresee major events affecting the  more...

In Praise of Middle Management Author: Huy Quy Nguyen As a manager in the "middle", some of you may have felt stuck between the demands of senior management and the personal needs of those in your unit. You work under tight constraints and limited resources to balance the organizationa ™s needs, and your employeesa ™ abilities and well-being. In this session you will explore the role of middle managers in the  more...

Introducing Strategy Through Robin Hood Author: Joseph Lampel Robin Hood is Britaina ™s most famous outlaw. In ancient times, he was reputed to have stolen from the rich to give to the poor. In these modern times, the story of Robin Hood serves as a wonderful way to introduce some basic ideas about strategy. This session begins by considering the strategies of Robin Hood as a way of moving into the strategies of your own  more...

Foresight Author: Robert Chia This session introduces you to the power of foresight and shows you how foresight can be carefully cultivated by re-educating your attention. Foresight is the ability to be finely tuned in to the undercurrents of events and happenings all around us. It involves the cultivated ability to see what is unseen or overlooked. The ability to 'read', or 'interpreta ™ the  more...

Crafting Strategy Author: Henry Mintzberg Strategy, defined as plan, pattern, position, and perspective, is used to derive four distinct processes of strategy formation: planning, visioning, venturing, and learning. Each is considered as it applies to your organization and the session concludes with an integrative model that includes all 8 P's. The objectives for this session are to: * Understand  more...

Changing Things What and How Author: Henry Mintzberg Author: Phil LeNir Frustrated with how things currently work within your organization? Overwhelmed with where to start and what exactly to do in order to bring about change? Most people approach change in a piecemeal manner, failing to achieve lasting impact. This topic provides you with frameworks of a change what?a and a change how?a in order to better do so.  more...