On-Line Livestream Webinar Series 1: Strategy 2 Execution
Introduction - A Case Study
Manchester City FC won the English Premier League in seasons 2018 and 2019, and were the first team ever to achieve 100 points. But in their first season under legendary head coach Josep (Pep) Guardiola, the players and coaching staff had struggled to understand his strategy, let alone execute it!
It felt strange, unfamiliar. Players were tested for their abilities and were left behind, drills and disciplines were introduced to instill new beliefs about how football (or soccer) should be played, and new fitness and nutritional routines were introduced. But it looked weird on the pitch.
Ask the players today, and you will find each of them knows what to do, how to do it and why to do it (Simon Sinek in reverse!). And they believe in the vision. They believe in the strategy.
It felt strange, unfamiliar. Players were tested for their abilities and were left behind, drills and disciplines were introduced to instill new beliefs about how football (or soccer) should be played, and new fitness and nutritional routines were introduced. But it looked weird on the pitch.
Ask the players today, and you will find each of them knows what to do, how to do it and why to do it (Simon Sinek in reverse!). And they believe in the vision. They believe in the strategy.
Strategy 2 Execution
This is a set of four interactive live webinars, each of 90 minutes duration. They can be booked individually or as a complete series. By attending the complete series, you will:
The first session will set the scene, introduce some fundamental concepts, and equip you with the tools we will apply. In livestream sessions 2 to 4, we will “deep-dive” into the following critical areas:
Importantly, we must continually test our discussions throughout against the “new normal” of working from home, managing remote and distributed teams, and other aspects of our fluid environment; not only the COVID 19 pandemic, but social change, technology, climate change and more.
- Review current thought on strategy synthesis, communication, engagement and execution
- Use critical thinking to challenge the paradigms and metaphors in common use
- Discuss improvements to current thinking, and review a simple model with great utility
- Understand the dangers of the “choice-less doer”, and the benefits of empowerment
- Accelerate the learning curve of your organisation
- Use case studies and examples to illustrate all of the above in a real-life context
- Be equipped with a set of support tools to make life easier (see below)
The first session will set the scene, introduce some fundamental concepts, and equip you with the tools we will apply. In livestream sessions 2 to 4, we will “deep-dive” into the following critical areas:
- Management and Leadership
- Organisational Capability
- Organisational Culture
Importantly, we must continually test our discussions throughout against the “new normal” of working from home, managing remote and distributed teams, and other aspects of our fluid environment; not only the COVID 19 pandemic, but social change, technology, climate change and more.
Coverage of Livestream Session One (Tuesday 14th July 11.30am AEST)
QUICK REVIEW OF CURRENT THOUGHT – STRATEGY SYNTHESIS
- What is Strategy?
- Can you say what your strategy is?
- Where does the performance go?
- A brilliant strategy poorly executed?
- What is the dilemma of the choice-less "doer"?
- Case Study – Mary the Bank Teller
- Strategy seen as a choice cascade, or a pattern in a stream of decisions
- What is meant by emergent or dynamic strategy? (and “agile”)
- No one “lens” trumps the other
- Figure 8 cascade
- Multiple loops
- Case Study – Australia’s COVID 19 Response
- Case Study – New Zealand auto aftermarket
- Parallels with DNA double helix
- Aligned by Sinek's Golden circle (“Start with Why?”)
- Accepted models of strategy implementation
- McKinsey's 7-S implementation model
- Hubbard's perception-based implementation model
- Case Study – PBS: Rewarded to Fail
- Human Performance in Business model
- Opinion piece and a stripped back model (leadership-management-capability-culture)
Briefing for Deep-Dive Sessions (July 21st, July 28th, Aug 4th)
We will cover the criticality of each key success area, apply tools to allow you to “audit” your preparedness, help you to accelerate the organisational “learning curve”, and to build a culture of seamless integration of strategy and execution. Further support materials for these “deep-dive” webinars will include a workbook for personal annotation, checklists of hints for strategy execution, FAQ document, and live links to quoted references, video clips and information sources.
Interested?
Booking and Registration
A$75.00 per webinar. Book and register via Eventbrite, in a seamless and secure process.
Schedule
July 14th 11.00am: Session 1: The Dilemma of the Choice-less “Doer”. Click here to register
July 21st 11.00am: Session 2: Deep-dive. Leadership and Management. Click here to register
July 28th 11.00am: Session 3: Deep-dive. Organisational Capability. Click here to register
Aug 4th 11.00am: Session 4: Deep-dive. Organisational Culture. Click here to register
Value Guarantee
If you miss a session you are enrolled for, we will send you the complete follow up package and recording. If you are in any way unhappy with the value or return on your investment ($ and time), send us an email and we will refund the webinar fee and offer a one-on-one consultation at no cost.
A$75.00 per webinar. Book and register via Eventbrite, in a seamless and secure process.
Schedule
July 14th 11.00am: Session 1: The Dilemma of the Choice-less “Doer”. Click here to register
July 21st 11.00am: Session 2: Deep-dive. Leadership and Management. Click here to register
July 28th 11.00am: Session 3: Deep-dive. Organisational Capability. Click here to register
Aug 4th 11.00am: Session 4: Deep-dive. Organisational Culture. Click here to register
Value Guarantee
If you miss a session you are enrolled for, we will send you the complete follow up package and recording. If you are in any way unhappy with the value or return on your investment ($ and time), send us an email and we will refund the webinar fee and offer a one-on-one consultation at no cost.
