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Become a strategic thinker with this personalized online program
As an executive taking on greater leadership responsibilities, you need to learn how to think more strategically and develop an effective strategy for your unit or organization.
Strategic Thinking gives you tools to undertake a thorough strategic diagnosis. You analyze capabilities, strengths, weaknesses and opportunities, and identify capability and resource gaps in your own business context that could impact your strategy's implementation.
By developing your ability to judge risk and value-creating potential, you will think more clearly about future challenges, developing new models and innovating to improve performance.
You'll walk away with a strategic roadmap and action plan which directs your business toward growth opportunities.
Make a habit of thinking strategically
Evaluate how internal and external forces might affect your strategic moves
Identify opportunities to improve your top and bottom line
Design a strategic roadmap and 60-day action plan for your business
What's special about learning online @IMD?
You experience immersive, interactive learning. You get personalized coaching at each step and constant opportunities to translate what you learn to your own business context.
IMD's world-class faculty introduce you to the very latest in business knowledge, and provide you with skills to overcome challenges and find solutions.
Advance through your learning journey with weekly feedback from your dedicated personal coach. Discuss questions directly with your professors during live open office sessions. Sharpen your ability to apply and assimilate what you learn through group work with peers.
Your program director
Paul Strebel is a Professor of Governance and Strategy at IMD. He has over 25 years of experience working with top management teams on strategy and conflict resolution. He has also served as a board director and written several books on managing change.
With this online course, basically I defined the future of the unit I’m leading. I changed some of my objectives and my goals, future goals... because I had the opportunity to think in other ways, to take into account more.
Luis Carlos Delgado P.
Former participant
Global Head of Functional Development & Compliance, Nestlé Nutrition
Switzerland
Experience this online program
Strategic thinking is what differentiates great leaders from good leaders. This program will help you make decisions today about capability development before you really know what the future is going to bring.
Paul Strebel
Program Director
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