Moving from an Operational Manager to a Strategic Leader

In this seminar, you will learn how to be a champion of strategic change in your organization.  We will give you the right practices to close the gap between where you are now and where you want to be. You'll conduct SWOT analysis, leverage key prospects for strategic opportunities and inspire risk taking and innovation.

How You Will Benefit

• Inspire your team to greater performance

• Use strategic thinking to add value to your organization

• Understand the needs and expectations of your customers

• Anticipate and innovate strategies to link strategic vision to core capabilities

• Recognize opportunities to influence and create strategic alliances

• Use strategic thinking to identify key strengths and weaknesses in your team

• Develop persuasive skills to sell your strategic ideas

What You Will Cover

• Establish a Working Definition of Operational Management

• Explore the Key Attributes of Today’s Strategic Leaders

• Find the Balance Between These Core Competencies

• Draft a Mission Statement Defining the Operational Reality of Your Work Group

• Create a SWOT Analysis to Help You Understand Your Team, Your Customers, and Your Competitors

• Understand the Power of Vision

• Create a Linkage Between the Organizational Vision and Your Team’s Mission

• Develop Persuasive Skills to Sell Your Strategic Ideas

Training Approach

Your training experience with HOM includes:

• Pre- program assessments to clarify your development needs

• In class highly engaging experiential leaning activities

• Post –program ongoing support through application tool kits and  phone call coaching sessions

Who Should Attend

Managers with fewer than five years of management experience who want to move into a more strategic role.