7 Ways to Apply Strategic Thinking to Your Work and Life

7 WAYS TO APPLY
STRATEGIC THINKING TO
YOUR WORK AND LIFE
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 Avoid falling into “auto pilot” mode
 Avoid knee-jerk reactions and quick fixes
 Avoid the “emergency technician” mindset
 Avoid succumbing to environmental pressures
 Avoid “winging it”
Get a Grip
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 Something over which you have control
 Something that is linked to the big picture
 Something you are energized about
 Something to implement an action plan
around
 Something grounded in results
Aim at Something Specific
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 Everything you can from a broad range of
topics and areas of interest
 Everything you can from a narrowly focused
topic list (your organization, discipline, etc.)

 Use the knowledge you have gathered
 Ask, “What does the data tell me?”
Learn
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 Recognize threats (internal & external)
 Evaluate threats; avoid or minimize exposure
 Recognize advantages (internal & external)
 Evaluate advantages; utilize them to their
fullest

Understand Your Environment
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 Possible positive and negative outcomes
 Describe implications
 Define worst-case scenario
 Define best-case scenario
 Review research/options; make a decision
Visualize the Future
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 What will move the target closer?
 Detour around obstacles and hazards
 Discover strategic opportunities
 Define needed/on-hand resources
 Communicate the plan with others

Create a Plan
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 Work through fears and anxieties
 Take steps, not leaps
 Commit to it
 Control speed; be responsive/adaptive
 Persist and be a team player
Get After It
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Applied Strategic Thinking
Workshop Formats and Details
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Applied Strategic Thinking Workshop

Available
Formats:
• 1-Day
• 2-Day
• 3-Day
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Experience

 Strategy at a personal or team level as
opposed to high-level, corporate
strategy.

 Practical, straightforward, and beneficial
for individuals working in any position in
any organization.
 Informal; applied strategic thinking is a
fluid, everyday task, not a preconceived,
annual ritual.
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Applied Strategic Thinking Workshop

Available
Formats:
• Virtual
• Foreign
Language
Capability

 Ongoing; a process that can unfold and
emerge at any time.
 Intentional; emerges from the grass roots
of the organization deliberately, not
accidentally.
 Linked and aligned with “high-level”
strategy, but not dependent upon it.

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 Available in a live classroom format, as well as virtual

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 Feature tools, hardbound books, practice
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 Train-the-Trainer services are available.
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