{"id":2541,"date":"2022-08-04T15:05:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2024-03-06T12:07:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T12:07:31","slug":"leading-your-teams-to-support-strategic-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/leading-your-teams-to-support-strategic-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading your teams to support strategic thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2542 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/creativity-g4b9aff34e_640-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/creativity-g4b9aff34e_640-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/creativity-g4b9aff34e_640-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/creativity-g4b9aff34e_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Richard Morris, Accredited Trainer<\/strong> Many people see the role of strategy creation to be that of senior leaders. It\u2019s pertinent that they position the future state of the business, the Vision, the Why? Yet developing the strategy (what we will do to help deliver that vision) shouldn\u2019t purely be the obligation of that team! An article in Forbes 2019, listed 2 of the top 7 traits of great strategic thinkers as \u2018Perceptiveness\u2019 and \u2018Flexibility\u2019.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Perceptiveness \u2013 recognising that others have different thinking strengths \u2013 playing on those helps collaboration right at the start.<\/li>\r\n<li>Flexibility \u2013 seeking thoughts from others in creating new ideas. Using the team in idea generation, looking for alternatives and overcoming problems, helps in the delivery of the strategy and making the vision reality.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/Workshop\/de-bonos-lateral-thinking\">Dr. Edward De Bono\u2019s Lateral Thinking<\/a> workshop we help participants to define the strategic focus, creating new emerging ways of doing something i.e., areas where ideas could be beneficial. Acting with a purpose in mind to generate ideas that will overcome problems, challenge existing methods or seek out new opportunities. Skilled strategic thinkers use the thinking prowess of their teams to create new diverse perspectives. For any leader, collaboration is key. By taking their teams on the journey with them at the strategic intent stage and investing in their creative energy, it\u2019s then easier to formulate and implement that strategy. The leader has created, what John Kotter describes as \u2018Building a Guiding Coalition\u2019 \u2013 an army of volunteers born of its own ranks, to help guide, engage and excite its own activities. The Lateral Thinking workshop develops the practical skills required to support and develop strategic and creative thinking. From the vision to the result. We do this by:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Creating the right focus for our attention.<\/strong> Redefining and defining our focus means we are far more likely to address those strategic needs at the first time of asking.<\/li>\r\n<li>Learning four idea generating techniques which help <strong>generate ideas systematically and at will<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Strengthening and shaping ideas<\/strong>. Reviewing ideas against potential barriers and stakeholder needs, making the ideas stronger and overcoming objections.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Assessing those ideas<\/strong> to make them realistic and practical to execute.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2160\" src=\"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Richard-Morris3-22.10.19-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>More about Richard Morris<\/strong> Richard is an accredited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/Workshop\/think-on-your-feet\">Think on Your Feet\u00ae<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/Workshop\/writing-dynamics\">Writing Dynamics&#x2122;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/Workshop\/de-bonos-lateral-thinking\">Lateral Thinking<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/Workshop\/de-bonos-six-thinking-hats\">Six Thinking Hats\u00ae<\/a> trainer and has delivered these workshops to numerous clients.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From an organisational development context, he has created and implemented a new leadership behavioural framework and set of associated flagship leadership development programmes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Morris, Accredited Trainer Many people see the role of strategy creation to be that of senior leaders. 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Yet developing the strategy (what we will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/leading-your-teams-to-support-strategic-thinking\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[11,217,216],"class_list":["post-2541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity","category-edward-de-bono","tag-lateral-thinking","tag-strategic-focus","tag-strategic-thinking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leading your teams to support strategic thinking - the indigo blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/leading-your-teams-to-support-strategic-thinking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leading your teams to support strategic thinking - the indigo blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Richard Morris, Accredited Trainer Many people see the role of strategy creation to be that of senior leaders. 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