MASTERING STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
MASTERING STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
Welcome to the Strategic Leadership course, where we recognize the seismic shifts that have shaped the business landscape over the past two decades. From rapid technological advancements and globalization to changing demographics and the challenges posed by a global pandemic, organizations are facing continued uncertainty facilitating the need to adjust strategy in an ever-evolving world.
In this context, strategic leadership has become more critical than ever before to not only adapt but thrive. As a leader, you are entrusted with navigating uncertainties and challenges while inspiring team members to pursue continued value creation relentlessly. Crafting clearly identifiable strategies that resonate with colleagues and partners will be essential, and you’ll need to skillfully navigate your organization’s structure, systems, culture, and talent to achieve strategic visions successfully.
Throughout this course, you will explore fundamental tasks of strategic organizational leadership, encompassing pathfinding, where you’ll delve into crafting strategies, missions, visions, and goals, and implementation, which entails shaping organizational architecture and nurturing a positive culture. We take a strategic perspective on leadership, emphasizing the art of leading and transforming organizations, groups, and teams.
By embracing a problem-finding mindset and honing both analytical and interpersonal skills, you will accelerate your development as a strategic leader. This accelerated growth will empower you to make significant contributions to your organization’s success, delivering results in a diverse environment and engaging people at all levels as leaders.
Join us on this transformative journey to become a strategic leader. You will leave this course well-equipped to steer your organization through the challenges and opportunities of today and the future, and create a lasting impact of success.
This class can count towards the Executive Leadership Certificate. The Executive Leadership Certificate is highly customizable. Choose any of our 6 leadership classes to receive the full certificate. The Executive Leadership Certificate covers both soft skills and hard skills necessary to lead organizations. If you are in a mid-level to senior-level position and want to grow in your organization or make a career change, this certificate is right for you. If you are an individual who wants to understand business from multiple angles and develop your leadership skills, this certificate is also right for you.
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• Self-assessment of strengths
• Leveraging the strengths of others
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Topics Covered
What is strategic leadership
Understanding the competitive landscape
Strategy as value creation and value capture
Identifying strategic opportunities
The strategic leader’s role
Leading strategic change
I Need This Program Because:
• I want to gain an understanding of the role and importance of strategic leadership in today’s dynamic business environment
• I want to have a deeper awareness and understanding of a leader’s role in problem finding, value creation, and organizational architecture
• I want to leverage my leadership skills and the strengths of others
Who Needs This Class
My Organization Needs This Program Because:
• We want to incorporate effective approaches into our current leadership repertoire
• We want to identify ways to incentivize and engage key team members
• We want to anticipate potential future challenges for our organization
• Strongly motivated individuals currently in leadership positions or those aspiring to take on new leadership roles
• Successful leaders seeking to expand strategic thinking, effective communication, succession planning and other vital leadership skills
• Individuals and leaders, at any level, who are charged with setting and reaching ambitious growth and performance goals
Modules
Day 1
• Introduction to Strategic Leadership
• Strategy in a Nutshell
• Self-Assessment and Personal Areas for Growth I: Strengths
• Strategic Leadership as Relentless Value Creation
Day 2
• Self-Assessment and Personal Areas for Growth II: Style
• Leading Strategic and Organizational Transformations
• Self-Assessment and Personal Areas for Growth III: Resilience
• Action Planning and Reflection
Presenting Faculty | Heidi Herrick, Ph.D.
Heidi Herrick, Ph.D., is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the University of Utah. Dr. Herrick’s recent research and consulting work focuses primarily on strategic leadership, enrollment of key stakeholders, innovation, economic development, and operating under conditions of uncertainty. Dr. Herrick works with the Goff Strategic Leadership Center and Lassonde Entrepreneurial Institute to develop the future leaders of tomorrow.
Presenting Faculty | Bill Hesterly, Ph.D.
Bill Hesterly, Ph.D., is Associate Chair and the Dumke Family Presidential Chair in Strategic Management at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. His most recent research focuses on appropriation and the locus of value creation. He is the co-author of Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage. Bill has been recognized several times with awards for teaching MBA and executive students. He was a founding member of the Strategic Human Capital Interest Group at SMS and was also a co-founder of the Utah-BYU Winter Strategy Conference.
THE ECCLES DIFFERENCE
The David Eccles School of Business enrolls about 6,000 students in its eight undergraduate majors, four MBAs, seven other specialized graduate programs, one Ph.D. program, and executive education curricula. It is also home to seven institutes and centers that support an ecosystem of entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation, including the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, Ken C. Gardner Policy Institute, Sorenson Impact Center, and more.
Our faculty members boast impressive professional and educational backgrounds and hold Ph.D.s from esteemed universities including the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School, Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Telephone: (801) 587-7273
Email: ExecEd@Utah.edu
Website: ExecEd.Utah.Edu
Registration: Eccles.Secure.Force.com/ExecEdApplication
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