Strategic Thinking

An Interactive Workshop
Orlando, Florida July 11-13, 2010

W
orking in a Strategic Way means you are able to create and execute actionable
plans that reach the hearts and minds of followers. In this workshop you will learn
how to do it! You will acquire a strategic perspective and the tools necessary to
become a strategic thinker, and a persuasive player who maximizes their organizational
value, and is able to tilt the playing field in your direction. And much more!

You Will Learn how to:

To change the atmosphere by bringing a philosophy, a system, and a way of doing things to
your work that lead to sustained not random success.
Assess your ability to Think Strategically!
Use NEW Tools to Anticipate changes in your Environment.
Apply the Strategic Thinking Protocol so you walk away with a strategic Framework that will guide
Actions and lead to a high performing Team and/or Organization.
Apply the Key Strategic Questions.
Develop power through Strategic Conversations

Who Should Attend

Managers and Executives in private and public sectors who want to improve their abilities to think strategically, and create
a strategic agenda for their team or organization.

How You Will Benefit

• Benefit from a self-assessment, and a toolkit specially designed to improve strategic thinking competency.
• Evaluate your own business environment with New tools that enable you to mind map internal and external
changes.
• Learn to work smarter not harder
• Learn by doing, through real work examples and case studies, and with an emphasis on the practical.
• Apply your new knowledge to a current change process specific to your organization or team.
• Become a persuasive player in your organization.

Instructor: Dr. John Pisapia, author of The Strategic Leader, and professor of leadership studies at Florida Atlantic University, Boca
Raton Florida John@thestrategicleader.org
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Subject Subject
Time DAY 1 Day 2
7:00: 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 -9:30 am Opening Session
The Principles of Strategic Leadership
Habit #3 Anticipating
The Lessons of the Curve
Looking Inside & Outside
The Strategic Leader’s Wheel
The Strategic Questions
9:30 – 9:45 am Networking Break
9:45-11:00am Habit #2 – Agility - Habit 4 – Articulating Direction
New Science Tactics Lighting the Way
Assessing Strategic Thinking Skills
11:00-11:15 am Networking Break
11:15 am – Strategic Mindset Creating your Actionable Plan
12:45 pm Skill Development • Generative Processes
• Strategic Conversations
12:30-2:00 pm Networking Luncheon & Executive Briefing
2:00 – 2:45 pm Thinking Strategically Running for Daylight
Skill Development
2:45 – 4:15 pm The Strategic Thinking Protocol - Overview Interactive Workshop: Clarifying your Strategic Intent
4:15 – 4:30 pm Networking Break
4:30 – 6:00 pm Best Practice Session What have we learned
6:00 pm Networking Reception & Book Signing

Special Features
Participants will receive a free copy of The Strategic Leader: New Tactics in a Globalizing World by John Pisapia
(a $39.99 value). Participants will also take and receive extensive feedback on the Strategic Thinking
Questionnaire (STQ) (a $25 value), and a Participant's Workbook (100 pages), 2 Coffee breaks each day,
lunch each day, and evening reception on day one.

Dates & Registration

Tuition and fees - $750 Length 2 days - Location: Orlando July 10-12 Fort Lauderdale December 28-
29. CEUs or College Credit are available. Lodging: not included in Tuition -

Registration is done via our SSL secure online form which is accessed at
www.TheStrategicLeader.org.
Payments may be made by Credit Card (Visa or MasterCard). If your organization
requires an invoice prior to payment, this may be requested in the online form.

Cancellation
All cancellation requests must be in writing (to Seminar@ThestrategicLeader.org) and received at least
one week prior to the start of the workshop. All cancellations are subject to an administrative fee of $150.
Cancellations received less than one week before the start of the workshop will be accepted for emergency
situations only. No shows will forfeiture all registration fees.
Substitutions are allowed at any time, otherwise refunds are given as follows:
More than three weeks prior ....80%
One to three weeks prior .........50%
Less than a week ...................none