The Leadership Playbook for Making Strategic, Bold Decisions
With 59%* of global CEOs reporting that leadership expectations and complexity have evolved significantly over the past five years, continuous adaptation is essential. This program explores the capabilities needed to navigate complex environments through strategic foresight and informed decision-making. Participants learn to align people and technology to support adaptable teams, concluding with a practical framework to guide organizational initiatives with clarity.
Leading with Courage in a World of Ambiguity
This program empowers you to lead with confidence in an uncertain world. By exploring the intersection of people, technology, and innovation, this program equips you with the strategic foresight needed to anticipate trends, identify emerging opportunities, and navigate ambiguity.
Programme Content
Module 1: Put Your Mask On First
Great leadership begins with self-care and resilience. Discover techniques to prioritize your well-being while fostering a high-performing and motivated team. Learn to balance personal and professional growth to lead more effectively.
Learning Objectives:
Identify characteristics of the resilient leader
Examine the causes of and remedies for burnout
Investigate five essentials for workplace mental health and wellbeing
Create an action plan for self
Module 2 & 3: Risk-Taking — The Heart of Courageous Leadership I & II
Dare to move forward with confidence. Explore how to take calculated risks and inspire others to follow your lead. Step out of your comfort zone and empower your team to do the same. This module provides you with tools to make bold decisions, take strategic risks, and rally your team around a shared vision.
Learning Objectives:
Leading from your strengths
Establishing a vision
Build trust with your team
Create a psychologically safe environment for feedback and performance
Improve team alignment and engagement
Increase your adaptability
Enhance risk tolerance
Understand the move from VUCA to BANI
Module 4 & 5: Future Savvy I & II
Develop your readiness for the future and harness strategic foresight to make better decisions today. Anticipate what’s next, stay ahead of the curve, and position your organization for success by identifying emerging trends and making informed choices.
Learning objectives:
Overview of Digital Value Literacy and its strategic relevance for senior leaders.
Introduction to the graph (network) model as a framework for visualizing value creation and flow across the enterprise.
Explanation of Value Domains (e.g., potential, kinetic, realized, structural, resilient) and Capability Domains (e.g., Data Generation, Governance, Utilization, etc.).
Exploration of how capabilities are composed (skills, tools, processes, data, standards, assets).
Build a shared conceptual foundation for thinking about digital strategy through value flow.
Engagement with a case study using a pre-built graph model of an enterprise.
Analysis of value flow to identify trapped value due to underdeveloped or misaligned capabilities.
Use of the graph model as a diagnostic tool to visualize capability gaps and blockages.
Strategy development to improve value flow through targeted capability design or enhancement.
Emphasis on systems-level thinking and enterprise-wide orchestration to move value effectively across silos and functions.
Module 6: Reinvention
Explore emerging technologies and discover how to leverage them to reinvent your organization. With industries evolving at an unprecedented pace, gain valuable insights into the latest tech trends and harness innovation to transform your business and gain a competitive edge.
Learning objectives:
Digital Strategy: Strategic Visioning, Value Proposition / Human-Centricity, Context Analysis (competition, partnership, stakeholders), and Strategic Planning (strategy translation, operationalization, KPI/metrics)
Emerging Technology: Business/Economic Value of Tech, AI 101, Generative AI, and Ethics of Automation
Digital Transformation: Disruptive Innovation at Work, Tech Governance, Change Management, and Human Implications of Change
Module 7: Your Blueprint for What’s Next
Design your next move and take immediate action with a personalized plan. This module helps you clarify your goals, outline actionable steps, and create a roadmap for sustainable success in your career and organization.
Learning objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will:
Reflect on their leadership evolution across the five modules.
Identify and release outdated leadership patterns using the “box model.”
Apply strategic foresight to design bold, future-aligned goals.
Develop a personalized, action-ready leadership blueprint for the next 90–180 days.
Craft a narrative to communicate their blueprint and inspire follow-through.
Programme Audience
This program is designed for senior managers, directors, and aspiring executives ready to step into roles closely tied to the C-suite. It’s ideal for professionals seeking to enhance their strategic decision-making, develop resilience in navigating ambiguity, and leverage the latest insights in people and technology. Whether you’re looking to secure a promotion, broaden your leadership impact, or prepare for future challenges, this program equips you with the tools, network, and confidence to excel in high-stakes environments and lead transformative organizational change.
Programme Benefits
Craft Your Career Blueprint for Growth
Develop a personalized strategic plan to achieve your career goals, enhance your leadership credentials, and position yourself for promotions, pay raises, and executive opportunities.
Expand Your Influence and Network
Build connections with senior professionals across industries, opening doors to collaboration and career opportunities.
Drive Organizational and Team Success
Gain actionable strategies to improve team performance, foster innovation, and achieve measurable results in your role.
Earn Higher Pay
Schulich ExecEd students gain the confidence, skills and perspective to attain better roles, launch new ventures, and lead their teams to new heights.
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