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Strategic Execution

Strategic Execution: Aligning the Organization for Competitive Advantage

Successful organizations must have strong leaders with a global mind-set to meet today’s challenges and be prepared to meet tomorrow’s demands. Strategic Execution broadens participants’ perspective by focusing on the interplay between critical business functions and provides participants with a well-rounded set of practical skills that are immediately applicable to leading and managing within the complex enterprise. The program distinguishes the organization as a complex system and builds competency in: navigating the structure and the culture, aligning processes to drive outcomes, and influencing at multiple levels within the organization.

Program Overview:

Understanding organizational drivers
Deciphering and navigating culture
Strategic execution: The service profit chain
Influence without authority
The organization as complex system

Goizueta Learning in Action™

Interactive classroom discussions
Case studies and analyses
The Beer Game®

Who Should Attend: Mid-to upper-lever managers, directors and executive business professionals who have moved or anticipate moving from a functional role to a general management/strategic role, have assumed P&L responsibility or who wish to improve business acumen and expand their influence across multiple domains within the organization. An understanding of how strategic business leaders think and make decisions will elevate their ability to influence and drive business outcomes.

Learning Objectives

This focused and intensive program elevates crucial management skills including:

Distinguishing the organization as a complex system
Understanding how to navigate the culture and better manage organizational subcultures
Recognizing and leveraging the linkages between operations and strategy
Applying business acumen and systems thinking to improve business performance and drive strategy execution

Content Experts: Strategic Execution features some of Emory Executive Education's top Content Experts. Some of the Goizueta Faculty who may teach in this program are