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The Power of
Being Strategic

For a productive and focused 2025

What does 2025 have in store for your team?

Do you find your team is often scrambling to keep up? What if you could spot challenges and opportunities early, plan a course of action and align your collective efforts in response?

Improving Strategic Awareness

The Power of Being Strategic Workshop allows individuals and teams to lift their gaze, make sense of the bigger picture, and refocus their actions. Strategic awareness is a skill that’s essential for leadership teams and boards, but it’s also valuable for anyone with decision-making responsibilities. Yet, the demands of day-to-day work mean we don’t spend the time we need on strategic thinking. Without this awareness, teams can miss emerging threats and opportunities, finding themselves in a constant cycle of reaction.

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Why This Workshop?

More than just team building, The Power of Being Strategic Workshop is focused on shared understanding and commitment building. It provides the opportunity for boards, leaders and teams to sharpen their future focus and align short term objectives with long term strategies. In addition, participants will develop transferable strategic foresight skills that allow them to spot trends, risks, and opportunities on an ongoing basis.

 

Whether you’re thinking 12 months ahead or mapping out the next 30 years, this workshop equips your team to break free from reactivity and build a collective, future-focused mindset.

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Ideal Timing:
Why Start Now?

If you’re looking for an opportunity to re-engage your team after the festive break this is a great place to start. The new year offers a natural opportunity to reset and refocus, making it the perfect time to engage in proactive thinking. This workshop is also an excellent addition to annual strategy off-sites, retreats, and planning sessions, adding a powerful layer of insight into both present and future needs.

workshop outcomes

Strategic
Awareness

Your team will gain a better understanding of the existing and emerging trends impacting your work.

Professional
Growth

Participants will gain insights into how to develop strategic awareness and how it can be practically applied.

Shared
Understanding

Through facilitated conversations your team will have the opportunity to create deeper connections and understanding.

Strategic
Prioritisation

By the end of the workshop your team will have clarity on what they need to be planning for and what else they may need to explore.
Simon thanks for your work, your sessions exceeded my expectations. These are incredibly useful structures and processes.
Tony Hallam
Director Zoos Victoria

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WORKSHOP structure

Strategic Awareness Skills

Delivered either in person or online this session gives participants the tools and techniques they need to build their strategic awareness

Scanning the environment

Participants spend 30 minutes of their own time to capture the signals of change they’re seeing around them.

Collating the information

Our team collates the information submitted by participants into a list of strategic factors for use in the final session.

Priortisation Workshop

The team reconvenes for an in person workshop to identify which strategic factors require further planning and exploration

This workshop involves approximately four hours of contact time split over two sessions. In between the two sessions participants will be required to commit 30 minutes to participate in an environmental scanning exercise.

With a clear vision and proactive mindset, your team will be ready to navigate whatever 2025 brings, together.

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Enquiry form

If you’d like to find out more about The Power of Being Strategic Workshop for in house delivery, or want to know about upcoming public workshop dates, fill out the form below or call 1300 66 55 85  (within Australia).

Enquiry form

If you’d like to find out more about the Art of Future Thinking Workshop for in house delivery, or want to know about upcoming public workshop dates, fill out the form below or call 1300 66 55 85  (within Australia).

Work With Simon

If you’re considering engaging Simon please reach out to book a to chat. You can do this by filling out the form below, contacting Sarah at 1300 66 55 85 (within Australia), or emailing her at  sa***@si*********.au . If it’s for a speaking engagement please provide the event date and any information that might be helpful.

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