University of Utah Presents "Developing Strategic Vision"

As a leader, having strategic vision is essential to succeeding in a competitive market. With strategic vision, leaders are able to find value in customer shifts, anticipate threats and opportunities, and find firms to collaborate with who share common goals and strengths.

In this course, you will gain these skills by applying the concepts of insight, foresight, and cross-sight as introduced in Todd Zenger’s recent award-winning book Beyond Competitive Advantage. Insightexploits the strengths of your company, department, and team and demonstrates how to use these sources to create more value. Foresight enables you to envision and plan for future by using these strengths and your strategic leadership skills. Cross-sight looks inside and outside your firm or industry to find new sources of value and partners for collaboration. Together, these three concepts ensure creating value and delivering growth, making your firm more competitive.

This program is an excellent way to accelerate progress on large projects, departmental goals, or organizational strategies. You will leave with an actionable workbook with solutions for challenges facing your organization.

Topics covered include:

• Combining analysis and intuition to find value in your firm or team (Insight)
• Shaping the future and maximizing the value of your strengths (Foresight)
• Finding strong partnerships and alliances (Cross-sight)
• Articulating your theory of value
• Delivering growth without diminishing value

Return on Education:  

• Employer Benefits
  • Improve your ability to predict competitive threats and anticipate industry shifts
  • Identify new sources of collaboration and under-utilized resources
  • Lead your team through change and accelerate growth and value
• Employee Benefits
  • Generate new sources of value for your group or organization
  • Strengthen your decision making and communication skills
  • Learn to cut through complex situations to see clear opportunities