Creating and Executing Strategy

Learn how to develop a sound strategy and foster its implementation throughout your organization.

About This Program

To learn more about this program, download the brochure or reach out to Carol Roecklein at croeckle@umn.edu or at (612) 625-5412.

To truly make an impact in an organization, a leader must be able to develop and execute strategy. However, in today’s dynamic marketplace, this is not an easy task. While facing highly complex organizations, competitive-global markets, and demanding stakeholders, leaders are under constant pressure to increase shareholder value.

Creating and Executing Strategy explores what it takes to think and act strategically. You’ll learn to identify where disruption may occur as well as analyze your strategic position in the marketplace. You’ll explore how to create a strategy and how to link this strategy to your goals. Finally, you’ll discover how to successfully implement your strategy, including incorporating the critical role of organizational culture.

Audience

Creating and Executing Strategy is designed for mid- to senior-level leaders who are responsible for strategy creation and/or execution.

Key Benefits

Explore the sources of digital disruption in today’s contemporary business environment
Learn how to conduct a competitive analysis that includes market entry, pricing, and capacity to expand
Discover how to make better corporate strategy decisions regarding vertical integration, horizontal integration, and geographic expansion
Understand the essentials of strategy, including goals and how to achieve them
Identify the link between culture and strategy
Discuss how and why corporate culture may need to change in response to a new strategy
Learn how to be a strategic leader throughout the strategic execution process
Discover how to align the organization to support desired changes
Understand why poor communication is often cited as a cause of poor execution performance and explore ways to overcome this problem
Learn why resistance to an implementation effort is often rational and what you can do to address this resistance
Explore tools and frameworks for keeping an execution effort on track

Program Details

Cost: $4500.00

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31 March

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02 April

It is a truism that disruption is the only constant in today’s world. It is precisely to navigate such a world that a deep understanding of strategy becomes invaluable. This program will provide you with the concepts and tools to imagine and realize a resoundingly more successful future for your company.

– AKS ZAHEER PROFESSOR, CREATING AND EXECUTING STRATEGY

For someone who is very involved in developing and implementing strategy, Creating and Executing Strategy was very helpful for me. It had the right levels of research, lecture and peer collaboration to give me the skills needed to make me better at leading strategy in my organization.

– President / Hagen-Dazs Shops