Coaching Your Team to Think and Act Strategically

Coaching Your Team to Think and Act Strategically

56mIntermediate2022-08-10

Authors

Nina Bowman

Nina Bowman

Executive Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Leadership Development Expert

Course details

If you’ve ever wished your team could be more strategic, you’re definitely not alone. Strategic thinking is essential in nearly every business venture. But even though it’s consistently rated as one of the most important skills on the job, it’s also one of the most conspicuously absent, which begs the question: how do you coach it? In this course, instructor Nina Bowman teaches you how to coach a team to think and act strategically to drive business goals.

Explore a range of strategic competencies and build your bandwidth to coach these critical skills while improving each team member’s ability to align their day-to-day work with your organization’s long-term objectives. Find out how to use strategic thinking to minimize crises and get ahead of challenges. Along the way, try out some new techniques for staying focused on the things that matter, like managing time wisely, asking the right questions, and shaping unique perspectives.

Skills covered

Coaching and MentoringLeadership SkillsLeadership and ManagementOne-Off

Concepts

Introduction

  • Being strategic is an essential skill
  • Using coaching to build strategic skills

Defining Strategic Competencies

  • What does it mean to be strategic
  • A framework for thinking and acting strategically

Preparing to Coach for Strategic Competency

  • Mindset matters
  • Communicating the goals and business drivers
  • Setting an example with a self-assessment
  • Preparing for roadblocks

Coaching for Strategic Thinking

  • Curating the internal signals
  • Curating the external signals
  • Building inquiry skills
  • Taking multiple perspectives
  • Moving from information to insights
  • Build skills and behaviors

Coaching for Strategic Behavior

  • Using your time strategically
  • Communicating strategically
  • Coaching to challenge the status quo

Conclusion

  • Build a team of strategists
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