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Strategic thinking will benefit leaders and teams in all organizations, as well as individuals who want to truly ignite positive change

WHY A WORKSHOP ON APPLIED STRATEGIC THINKING? We live and work in a fast-paced, turbulent, and changing environment with many opportunities, uncertainties, and hazards. Managers and individual contributors If the past alike frequently become preoccupied with day-to-day tactics and fail to prepare for the long-term or position themselves for success in the future. It is vital that has taught all members of the organization feel responsible for achieving organizational us anything, results, have a broad perspective, and are aware of the trends and developments shaping their work. With a little discipline and thought, managers and individual it is the fact contributors can gain, expand, and exercise greater influence over their work and that anything make a strategic contribution to their organization. The challenge today is to find a is possible. way to see the future in a sea of change. Strategic thinking is sometimes viewed as a complex and intimidating topic. However, thinking strategically is simply having the skills and foresight to solve tomorrows problems today. We believe that this kind of strategic thinking can benefit leaders and teams in all types of organizations, as well as the individual who wants to truly ignite positive change. The Applied Strategic Thinking Workshop will teach participants how to think, plan, and act more strategically at the individual level and on the front lines of work. Through real life experiences, illustrated examples, straightforward activities and tools, the Applied Strategic Thinking Workshop introduces the necessary skills to become strategically minded and forward thinking.

Strategic Thinking Defined

Strategic thinking is gathering information and looking towards the future to anticipate events before they happen and to recognize emerging trends, opportunities, and risks. Strategic thinkers proactively invest in plans and actions that will pay off in the future. Strategic thinking requires some risk-taking, innovation, experience, and intuition. PARTICIPANTS WILL: Define Applied Strategic Thinking and the principles that go with it. Develop the skills necessary to think and act at a strategic level. Align and link the individual strategy with organizational strategy. Identify and exploit opportunities. Analyze strengths and weaknesses. Successfully capitalize on forces and events that shape their life and work. Gather and use intelligence data. Analyze the changes happening today that will influence tomorrows results. Accelerate and sustain strategic initiatives.

WORKSHOP OUTLINEONE-DAY VERSION What is Strategic Thinking? ExerciseWhy strategic thinking needs to be one of the centerpieces of everyones responsibilities The Applied Strategic Thinking Model and key skills The Applied Strategic Thinking Model in-depth ExerciseWhy its important to map your future Create a strategy and apply the principles and skills Everyday strategy Design Personal Action Plans WORKSHOP MATERIALS Pre-Workshop Article and Preparation Material Comprehensive Participant Workbook Hardbound Book: Ahead of the Curve: A Guide to Applied Strategic Thinking, by Steven J. Stowell, Ph.D. and Stephanie S. Mead Strategic Thinking Assessment The Strategic Road Map Worksheet and access to an electronic version Simulation Material HOW THE WORKSHOP IS OFFERED The Applied Strategic Thinking Workshop can be delivered in a one, two, and twoand-a-half-day format. The two-and-a-half-day workshop can be conducted at one of the greatest historic sites in the United Statesthe Gettysburg Battleground. The Applied Strategic Thinking Workshop is tied directly to the battlefield strategies used at Gettysburg. Participants will spend part of the workshop exploring the battlefield with an expert tour guide, while our facilitator relates the points of the tour to the workshop and the Applied Strategic Thinking Model. This innovative approach to the workshop delivery is an engaging and a once-in-a-lifetime experience for participants.

Strategic thinking involves vision, innovation, risktaking, and thinking outside of the box.

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LEARNING METHODS The Applied Strategic Thinking Workshop is offered in a variety of workshop delivery options in the form of live classroom, virtual classroom, or web-based programs. The length of the course is flexible and depends largely on the delivery method chosen. Experienced CMOE facilitators lead workshops from any location of your choosing. Or, CMOE offers trainer certification in which we provide the skills and knowledge necessary to deliver The Applied Strategic Thinking Workshop. Clients that choose this option simply purchase the participant materials from CMOE on an as-needed basis once they are certified to deliver the program. CUSTOMIZATION EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROCESS One of CMOEs strongest capabilities is developing customized solutions to meet each organizations unique needs. CMOEs Design Team provides clients with the choice of three levels of customized product solutions, from combining existing content, to creating new content, to co-branding CMOE material with your logo, name, and corporate or chosen colors. Contact us for help deciding which level will fulfill the needs of your organization best. WHO WE ARE CMOE provides organizations with training programs that are practical, with an emphasis on developing howto skills. Our strategic objective is to partner with clients and provide solutions for their training needs as they arise. As a training partner, CMOE assists clients in defining and providing customized training needs. We dont fit you into a box; we help you design the box. CMOE was founded in 1978, and is based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Through a commitment to ongoing research and consulting, CMOE has developed numerous skill-based training workshops, books, materials, and experiences that address the specific needs of leaders, team members, and organizations.

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ALSO BY CMOE
OTHER BOOKS: Ahead of the Curve: A Guide to Applied Strategic Thinking
by Steven J. Stowell, Ph.D. and Stephanie S. Mead, MBA. This book is about how managers and individual contributors can develop the ability to expand and exercise greater strategic influence over their work and life and make a strategic contribution to their organization.

The Team Approach: With Teamwork Anything is Possible

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Strategy is Everyones Job: A Guide to Strategic Leadership

by Steven J. Stowell, Ph.D. and Stephanie S. Mead, MBA Whether its two people, a department, or an organization, teams are the means by which great things are accomplished. This book explores the inner dimensions of how groups of people become teams and how group dynamics can be managed.

OTHER WORKSHOPS: Coaching Skills

During this workshop, participants acquire the skills to interact with co-workers in a way that will motivate action, drive out fear, and create the partnerships required to accomplish team and organizational goals. This workshop is designed to help those who lead and manage a piece of the firms value chain of activities to formulate and execute strategies, initiatives, and plans that align with the firms main corporate strategy and operate their part of the business based on a more strategic point of reference.

by Steven J. Stowell Ph.D. and Stephanie S. Mead, MBA This book is about the role of leaders in taking responsibility for strategic opportunities and navigating strategic shifts so the part of the business they are responsible for is better positioned for long-term success. Readers also learn how to execute their own strategic direction that aligns with and supports the organizations overarching strategy.

Candor: How to Have Courageous Coaching Conversations When it Really Matters

Strategic Leadership

The Coach: Creating Partnerships for a Competitive Edge

by Steven J. Stowell, Ph.D. and Matt M. Starcevich, Ph.D. This book is about the coaching process and the skills, behaviors, courage, and values leaders need in order to evoke employee commitment and motivation. The Coach will also help leaders turn what is typically an uncomfortable and often avoided or mishandled task into a productive, one-onone experience for the leader and team members.

by Steven J. Stowell Ph.D. and Tony I. Herrera, Ed.D. Whether you are a leader or an individual contributor in your organization, you will undoubtedly find yourself facing difficult situations. These situations come in all shapes and sizes, and typically involve people with different goals, opinions, and interests. The inability of people to effectively connect in these situations leads to an overall dissatisfaction in relationships, team culture, performance, and results. To avoid these pitfalls, people need the skills to have a courageous conversation.

Exploring Teamwork

OTHER SERVICES: Customized Design

Our talented and experienced training curriculum design team is prepared to create an experiential workshop around a specific topic or develop a curriculum using a combination of topics of your choice.

This workshop is an experience-based learning journey that helps participants learn how to build and sustain a highperforming team and develop teamwork skills at the individual level. It can be delivered in an experiential classroom setting or combined with outdoor experiential activities to provide an unforgettable experience in team growth.

Leading Groups to Solutions

Win-Win Partnerships: Be on the Leading Edge With Synergistic Coaching

Connexus

by Steven J. Stowell, Ph.D. and Matt M. Starcevich, Ph.D. This book expands on the concepts and skills contained in CMOEs Eight-Step Coaching Model, explores the learning relationship, and teaches how to create synergistic solutions to lifes challenges, at work and elsewhere.

An organizational assessment process that will produce a unique and comprehensive picture of what is going on in your organization. Connexus helps leaders understand how the organization ticks and how to tune it up.

A highly interactive facilitation workshop designed to help leaders and managers develop the insights and skills necessary to create a unified climate, maximize team member contribution, gain consensus, and develop solutions to organizational challenges when working in groups.

Innovation and Change

Speakers

Our professional speakers and trainers are available to make presentations, from a few minutes to a full day, for conventions, conferences, or other meetings.

This workshop exposes participants to the skills needed to keep an open mind and develop the capacity to become an innovative force and lead productive change through innovative thinking. We also offer a workshop on Leading Innovation and Change for leaders wanting to create a culture of innovation and effectively lead change initiatives.

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