The Strategic Mindset of Leadership

Lead through volatility

Programme details The programme consists of four days of immersive learning to help you cultivate a strategic mindset. You’ll learn from world-leading industry experts through simulations, scenario-based workshops, and peer group collaborations to deepen your understanding of how to lead through volatility and ambiguity.

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Reflective leadership day (In-person session held 6 weeks later) This immersive in person day invites you to step back, reflect, and reconnect with your leadership purpose. Through guided journaling, self-coaching exercises, and reflective circles, you’ll consolidate what you’ve learned, gain sharper insight into your leadership learning, and explore how to apply key frameworks to real-world challenges. Designed to foster self-awareness, resilience, and decision-making clarity, the day provides a supportive space to embed habits that drive long- term effectiveness. We’ll conclude with a relaxed networking session over food and drinks, giving you the chance to reconnect with your cohort, share insights, and celebrate the progress you’ve made.

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Discover a BANI world Explore the importance of developing a paradox mindset and providing practical tools to help senior leadership navigate today’s rapidly changing and uncertain world. The BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, and Incomprehensible) framework offers a fresh perspective on how leadership needs to evolve, emphasising strategic adaptability in the face of ambiguity, conflicting priorities, and paradoxical demands.

Unlock your strategic mindset Deep dive into strategic agility, firm growth, and the common pitfalls of extracting synergies. Beyond theoretical insights, the session will be highly interactive — giving you and your peers the opportunity to apply these concepts directly to your own business challenges.

Lead through change and disruption Embrace Open Strategy, integrating diverse perspectives, AI-driven insights, and real-time adaptability to stay ahead.

Develop strategic foresight

Explore leadership capabilities

Reframe how you lead

Tackle key business challenges

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Afternoon

Welcome dinner The day will conclude with a chance to network

Guest panel The day will conclude with a guest panel in the evening.

Tackle key business challenges Delve into how theory can be applied to leadership challenges.

with your cohort at a welcome dinner.

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