In today’s environment of change and transformation, a leader’s ability to translate strategy into action is imperative. The effective execution of strategy differentiates the winners from the chronic underperformers in business. Failure to execute strategy may threaten a company’s survival, let alone its success in the marketplace. Leaders with the skills to execute strategy enable companies to outperform their competitors, bring new products to market faster, and delight their customers. Executing Strategy requires that leaders can understand and translate business strategy into local goals for their teams, can identify and assess the capabilities required to execute strategy in a dynamic business environment, and anticipate and respond to change. In an Executing Strategy program, the leadership content, modules, and best practices are sequenced using Insight Experience’s Cycle of Strategy Execution Model. Participants learn...  To understand and translate strategy into meaningful priorities, plans and goals  The challenge and opportunity of innovation in the context of organizational constraints  The importance of investing in people and process – or the cost of not doing so  How leadership behaviors impact the ability of the team to execute the strategy  To communicate so that employees understand strategic direction, why it is important, and what is expected of them  The importance of collaboration with stakeholders to achieve organizational results  To balance long-term goals of the broader organization with short-term successes To learn more, visit Insight Experience at https://www.insight-experience.com/ To get in touch with Insight Experience, please fill out this form https://info.insight-experience.com/call-for-a-conversation Follow Insight Experience on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/insight-experience-inc./

1. Executing Strategy
An Award-Winning
Learning Experience

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Executing Strategy creates space for managers to make new, targeted
connections between their real work and the company’s stated strategy.
• Middle managers do not
craft the corporate strategy
itself…but they are
responsible for making the
decisions that translate that
strategy into the tactical
work of their teams.
• How can mid-level managers
practice these decisions,
using effective and engaging
techniques, without further
stretching their limited time?
• Executing Strategy immerses mid-level managers in a
learning experience centered around a realistic
business simulation where participants make the
operational, financial, and people leadership decisions
of a leader.
• Participants also grapple with a rich mix of interactive
exercises, including…
P R O B L E M S O L U T I O N
Models, techniques
Peer and Small Group
Discussions
Application Assignments
Developmental Planning
Individual Reflection

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At Insight Experience we think about Executing Strategy in 5 stages
A manager can approach
Strategy Execution as a cycle
of 5 distinct stages:
Understand
Translate
Implement
Measure
Adapt
Considering the stages separately allows a manager to clarify thinking, recognize
opportunities and risks, and behave proactively in the interests of the larger organization.

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Most managers focus the bulk of their thinking in the Implement stage,
as they ensure their teams complete tasks in a timely, high-quality way.
Results-focus
Action-orientation
People
decisions
Operational
decisions
Financial
decisions
• Numerous everyday decisions,
each of which affects at least
one of 3 drivers: operational,
financial, and people.
• Fighting the inevitable fires.

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To execute strategy, though, a manager must
think more broadly than just Implementation.
How does one kind of
decision and action affect
the need for other
decisions and actions?
People
decisions
Operational
decisions
Financial
decisions
How must I align these decisions to my broader
understanding of executing company strategy?

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Audience:
• Tenured Mid-Managers
• Managers of Managers
The Executing Strategy leadership development program creates space for managers to make
these new, targeted connections between their work and the company’s stated strategy.
These connections free a manager to make thoughtful, deliberate decisions that will make their own
team more effective and advance the strategy and goals of the larger organization.

7. Executing Strategy Learning Objectives
• Understand the broader organizational
strategy as an ecosystem a manager works
within.
• Translate organizational strategy into clear
direction, goals, and plans for the team.
• Assess and develop the capabilities needed
on a team to execute successfully.
• Create accountability among stakeholders
to achieve common goals.
• Communicate effectively and inclusively as
a leader to further the organizational
strategy.
• Recognize how one’s actions as a leader
impact business results.
Senior Leaders/Executives
Set the strategy
Teams
Execute strategy through
day-to-day decisions,
projects and workstreams
Mid-Managers
Translate the strategy into
meaningful terms
relevant for their teams
Target
Population

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The Executing Strategy Business Simulation Experience
Working in a team, participants assume the role of a
function leader in a product technology and information
services business. The leader manages a team of about 440
people, across 2 large teams and across international borders.
The leader needs to direct a portfolio of projects and consider the
tradeoffs of resourcing, timing, and priorities to make decisions.
Simulation teams:
• understand and translate corporate vision and strategy into
goals and clear direction for their function
• invest in projects and initiatives consistent with the strategy
• lead direct reports and develop individual and team capabilities
to deliver results
• manage a complex network of stakeholders
The simulation rewards leaders who communicate consistently,
develop and empower others, think strategically, stay connected
to the marketplace, and balance the needs of the larger
organization with the needs of their own span of control.

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Simulation scenarios can be adjusted to emphasize your
specific learning objectives
Customized participant decisions can be added to the simulation
to achieve specific client goals for developing leaders.
Managing
People
Developing
People
Leading for
Innovation
Leading
Through Change

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Between
each round
of the
simulation,
participants
debrief with
a skilled
facilitator

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Choose a Focus,
depending on your Challenges:
All Programs:
The Executing Strategy Leadership Concepts and Techniques:
All Executing Strategy Programs incorporate key elements; additional elements are available or can be customized.
• Understanding strategy
• Translating strategy
• Implementing strategy
• Using metrics as a
strategy execution tool
• Adapting to strategic
change
• Communicating
strategically
• Building trust
• Creating a culture of accountability
• Communicating with authenticity
(Robust Dialogue)
• Engaging cross-organizational
stakeholders
• Anticipating and adapting to
market shifts
• Leading for innovation
• Developing people
• …and more
Available for Add-On:
• Individual leadership
coaching with
professional coaches
• Structured peer
coaching / feedback on
group process during
the simulation rounds
• Deeper work in any
“All Programs” content
element

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Delivery is flexible; we can find an option to meet your participants’ needs!
• 2- or 3-days, depending on the
depth of content, participant
networking, and personalized
development opportunities
needed
• Content and simulation
delivered in person, with
extended, deeper discussion of
concepts and application
• Opportunity for in-person
coaching
• Many options!
• Simulation and content
delivered over 4 half days in a
single, intensive week – all
synchronous
• Over 4 weeks, alternating
synchronous (simulation) and
asynchronous (content)
• Content delivered virtually over
2-4 weeks, self-paced
• Simulation in person - 1 full day
• Between round options:
Professional coaching,
participant networking, deeper
content discussions
• Works well as a capstone
In person Virtual Hybrid

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Any content topic can be delivered in multiple, complementary, interdependent
ways – either in person, virtually, or a hybrid
IE’s
IP Content
• Models
• Instructor-Led
• Videos
Simulation
Experience
• Decision rounds
• Leadership Issues
Dynamic
Activities
• Simulation
debriefs
• Role plays
• Facilitated small
group discussion
• Facilitated large
group discussions
Individual
Activities
• Application /
Action planning
• Action Plan
Debrief / follow-
up coaching
• Assessments
• Self-paced
learning modules
Reinforcement/
Extended Learning
• Mobile Insights
“To Go” after the
program
• Group Coaching
• Individual
Coaching
• Guided Manager
discussions

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Executing Strategy lends itself to all industries –
here are a few examples of industry clients.
Financial Services Retail Healthcare Systems
Pharmaceuticals Automotive

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Insight Experience: who are we?
Founded in 2001
A global leadership development company
working with Fortune 1000 companies
committed to talent development.
Partners each have more than 20 years
experience in leadership development, strategy
execution, innovation and business acumen
Core capability in business simulation
development and delivery: multiple time
Brandon Hall award winner