Elevate your Strategic Thinking in Just 3 Days
Schedule our live, in-person 3-day strategic thinking learning lab. Designed for mid-level leaders within your corporation.
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Are You Entering The New Year With The Same Old Year Strategic Mindset?
Don’t start the new year with your old strategic mindset.
Why this Strategic Thinking Learning Lab Matters
In today’s fast-paced professional world, standing out requires more than talent — it takes the right skills, mindset, and strategy. This 3-day in-person learning lab is crafted to equip mid-level leaders with the tools to succeed. Through engaging sessions, you’ll gain:
Clarity
Understand what strategic thinking is and isn’t. Differentiate strategic thinking from strategic planning.
Confidence
Master the vocabulary and concepts of strategic thinking. Learn the language to challenge and reframe complex problems.
Courage
Tackle complex strategic problems by thinking differently.
Cognitive Capacity
Develop cognitive fluency and expand your thinking repertoire.
Why Now?
You’ve wrapped your strategic plan and are eager to begin implementation.
Hold on — not so fast!
- Most leaders think strategic planning is the same as strategic thinking.
- Learn the difference — it can make or break long-term success.
- Start building your strategic thinking pipeline now.
- Get current with the newest research-based techniques for learning to think strategically.
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%
of executive leaders say long-term strategic thinking is their #1 concern. YET,
(Management Research Group)
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%
of leaders conceded they don’t know how to begin to think strategically. AND,
(HBR, MIT Sloan Management Review)
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%
of executive leaders say they don’t have time for long-term strategic thinking. FURTHERMORE,
(Management Research Group)
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%
of employees don’t understand their company’s strategy. NOT SURPRISINGLY,
(Harvard Business School)
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91-93%
of strategic plans never reach successful implementation — the ultimate aim of a strategy. A key reason is the absence of strategic thinking.
(MIT Sloan Management Review)
Is This for You?
Mid-level leaders who are
- Stepping into strategic roles
- Currently have some strategic responsibility
- Recently promoted to a strategic position
- Responsible for business strategy or redesign
- 8-12 years professional work experience
- Curious and avid learners (learning obsessed)
We encourage a mix of mid-level leaders from various departmental, functional and global areas.
Services Offered by Sloan International Consulting
3-Day Lab: A Strategic Thinking Confab
This 3-day Strategic Thinking Mastermind Lab is tailored for mid-career leaders driving business strategy. Combining cutting-edge methods with research-based insights, the lab deepens understanding of strategic thinking and its relevance in today's complex, unpredictable environment. Participants gain clarity, expand their strategic skills, and strengthen confidence through immersive, experiential learning, leaving equipped to navigate challenges.
2-Day Skills Lab: Learning to Think Strategically
This lab is designed for leaders stepping into pivotal strategic roles, aiming to enhance their strategic thinking skills. Through experiential learning, participants gain a deep understanding of key strategic elements and the confidence to apply them. Challenging traditional approaches, the lab encourages critical assessment of personal and organizational strategy habits, offering tools to expand strategic possibilities and deliver greater value to their organizations.
1-Day Discovery Lab: Exploring Strategic Thinking
This lab is designed for early-career leaders who participate in strategy meetings and want to build a foundation in strategic thinking. This interactive session introduces a non-traditional approach, helping leaders understand how strategic thinking enhances their contributions. Participants practice skills tailored to their tactical roles, gaining a structured framework to strengthen their strategic capabilities and align with their growing responsibilities.
12 Takeaways
- Clarity and confidence to think strategically.
Shared language and concepts for contributing to strategy conversations.
- Improve implementation.
- Recognize complexity of real strategic problems.
Strengthen strategic leadership.
- Develop a strategic focus (not just logic and operational focus).
- Improve innovation.
- Strengthen risk mitigation.
Identify and challenge assumptions and beliefs.
- Identify five attributes of strategic thinkers.
- Recognize contradictions and paradoxes inherent to strategic challenges.
Identify tangible and intangible strategy factors.
A 3-day live, in-person learning lab
Hosted at your corporate site or your preferred global location
Max cap: 16 mid-level leaders
Our learning labs work well as a
- Stand-alone professional development session
- Part of your leadership development program
- Global leadership retreat/offsite
- Enrichment offering for fast runners
- Industry association gathering
Day 1 EXPLORE
Discover the key parts of strategic thinking and learn your unique strengths.
Day 2 PRACTICE
Techniques to build new thinking habits.
Day 3 APPLY
Use these new strategic thinking techniques on your own real strategic challenges.
Don’t Miss This Opportunity to Elevate Your Career
Reserve your 3-day learning lab today. Take the first step toward embedding strategic thinking in your company.
Learning Approach
“We can’t use the same thinking to solve a problem that we used to create the problem.” Albert Einstein
Our learning labs provide a thorough grounding in what strategic thinking is, how we learn it, and its value to your company. Sessions use cutting-edge research, real-world application, and renowned facilitator expertise.
By integrating experiential group work, reflective, and action-based exercises, we create an immersive lab experience anchored in real-time business challenges offering new insights and practical approaches.
Leaders are often evaluated on what they “do” — but what about the quality of their thinking? Leaders who have an expansive thinking repertoire can be a pivotal factor when managing complex strategic problems. Without an awareness of different thinking modalities, they run the risk of habitual actions and autopilot thinking.
Given that strategy is a key leadership mandate, you’ll gain clarity, confidence, and courage to contribute more effectively to your complex business problems. We clarify the confusing jargon and challenge the traditional approach to strategy by emphasizing how successful strategists learn to think strategically.
Successful and savvy strategic leadership begins with strategic thinking (not just planning and implementing).
Proven Expertise In Strategic Thinking For Professional Development
With decades of global experience in strategic thinking and leadership development, Sloan International has empowered professionals and organizations worldwide to strengthen their strategic thinking.
What’s Included
3 days of small-group learning labs
Private coaching session: A 30-minute 1-to-1 session focusing on your individual strategic thinking strengths and vulnerabilities
Small group practice sessions: An opportunity to try out new approaches to unfamiliar methods that strengthen strategic thinking
Copy of book, Learning to Think Strategically, 5th ed. (2024), Julia Sloan
Portfolio of key points
Certificate of Completion
The learning labs are not recorded
Frequently Asked Questions
Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers!
Due to the design, intensity, and purpose of the 3-day learning lab, it’s necessary to commit to fully attending all 3 days. If you’re unable to make this commitment now, we’ll try our best to ensure you can enroll in the next session.
The focus of this 3-day learning lab is on strategic thinking. We will not be addressing how to formulate a strategic plan as the two are completely different and there are many resources available on strategic planning. Your strategic planning background will certainly be enriching and complementary.
If you’re an avid learner with a growth mindset, I’d strongly encourage you to enroll. You may be surprised at how relevant and supportive some aspects of your background may be to learning to think strategically.
While inviting your entire team to participate in the 3-day learning lab will definitely accelerate your ability to embed strategic thinking, it’s not at all necessary that they attend together. In fact, it’s excellent to have a broad mix of attendees — e.g., a couple of people from marketing, a few from product development, someone from finance, another from IT, and so forth. It’s also great to pull in people from various countries and regions. The greater the mix the better.
Not at all. It would be ideal. If you have strategic responsibility and are serious about learning and have an open-mind, this would be an excellent opportunity for you.
No. Each day is live and in-person and the sessions are highly interactive. Handwritten notetaking is encouraged to support long-term memory retention.
Yes. A certificate of completion is awarded to those who fully participate in the 3-day learning lab.
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