STRATEGIC THINKING: HOW TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS BY AVOIDING STRATEGIC PITFALLS AND DERAILERS
with Dr. Sydney Finkelstein
September 19, 2024, 9 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
11 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
12 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern Time
$575 (US) per person
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Book by Dr. Sydney Finkelstein
Book by Dr. Sydney Finkelstein

STRATEGIC THINKING: HOW TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS BY AVOIDING STRATEGIC PITFALLS AND DERAILERS

 

Leading impactful change is now the single most important organizational prerogative and executive capability. While executives and managers often say that "business as usual" is over, their actions are not always as fully supportive as they might be. Why? Because this is very hard work, often scary and always challenging.

The good news is that there is a disciplined way to start thinking about this challenge. While it starts with a mindset shift, it can also come with practical insights, tools, and ideas. These all revolve around the same key imperatives:

  • Leaders need to think differently about their businesses.
  • Leaders need to think differently about themselves.

Over the last 25 years, I've studied or worked with over 100 companies around the world that had breakdowns in strategic thinking that led to market failures. Often these companies were very successful for long stretches of time, and a degree of complacency and arrogance began to take hold within management teams. Two primary books have emerged from this work: Why Smart Executives Fail, and Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions. My work with these companies has enabled me to drill down to the heart of strategic thinking so that leaders can make better decisions for their companies and for themselves.

DR. SYDNEY FINKELSTEIN

 
Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds degrees from Concordia University (Montreal), the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published more than 25 books and 100 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the "leadership guide for the Networked Age." He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and on the global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. His latest projects include the leading podcast, The Sydcast, that uncovers and shares the stories of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life, as well as a new series of online courses based on his life's work available at Coursera.
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based (Zoom platform)
Prerequisites: Designed for Directors and VPs with at least five years of experience in a senior role.
Advanced Preparation: None
 
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