Implementing Strategy

Strategy implementation has never been more critical. Why? Over the next two years, organizations need to restructure their business models to take advantage of and leverage breakthroughs in gen and agentic AI. This will lead organizations to rethink their approach and maximize value for both their customers and their people. More importantly, leaders need to integrate their new thinking into their strategy and its implementation.

This online Masterclass empowers participants to bridge the gap between crafting their strategy and effectively implementing it in an AI-driven world. It provides the often-missing framework to guide an organization through its implementation journey—the Strategy Implementation Roadmap© (SIR)—as well as practical, easy-to-adapt tools.

The Masterclass enriches learning with interactive activities, group discussions, and hard-won, up-to-date insights from organizations that are transforming in today’s rapidly changing business landscape. This enables participants to apply strategic implementation principles and tactics to their organizations. As a result, it will accelerate the process and succeed where two out of three implementations fail.

The course is facilitated by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez and Robin Speculand, the founders of the strategy Implementation Institute and two of the world’s leading thought leaders in strategy implementation.

Course Overview

The course is split over two virtual half-days.

The first half-day focuses on understanding the implementation of strategy in an AI-driven world. It addresses why there is an imbalance between strategy and implementation among leaders around the world. It introduces the Strategy Implementation Roadmap© and the best practices from the one in three implementations that succeed. It also discusses the shift required in leadership to successfully oversee and guide your organization through a digital and AI transformation.

The second half-day addresses the critical role of culture and implementation, and how your organization’s culture drives the way you implement strategy. It discusses the different ways employees respond to strategy implementation and how to engage them in the process. It also ensures you have the right measures in place to track and sustain the implementation.

Both sessions feature use cases, stories, and examples to emphasize and reinforce key points.

Included as part of the Masterclass is an e-copy of the book Strategy Implementation Playbook 2.0, authored by Antonio and Robin.

Implementation Accreditation

The course also provides you with the opportunity to apply for accreditation as a Strategy Implementation Professional (SIP). Very few leaders have the skills to both craft and implement strategy while even fewer are recognized as certified implementation professionals. This certification formalizes participants’ mastery in modern strategy implementation—a strong differentiator in this transformational era. Certification is conducted by our partner APMG.

The course lays the foundation for your exam preparation. We also recommend reviewing the complimentary copy of the body of knowledge to further prepare for the exam. You are required to score 49 correct answers or more to pass. You then receive an official certification, endorsed by the Strategy Implementation Institute and APMG International.

Learning Objectives

You will:

-Learn how selected AI applications can improve and accelerate implementation.

-Master the core principles of world-class implementation.

-Discover a framework to guide an organization through its implementation journey – the Strategy Implementation Roadmap.

-Recognize how to align culture.

-Identify common implementation pitfalls and how to overcome and/or avoid them.

-Develop leadership capabilities essential for world-class strategy implementation.

-Create actionable implementation plans and performance dashboards, incorporating relevant AI insights.

-Prepare for Strategy Implementation Professional certification (optional).

Who Should Attend?

This Masterclass is tailored for:

· C-suite leaders

· Senior executives and directors driving strategic initiatives

· Heads of strategy

· Transformation leaders

· Senior project professionals

· Project managers

· Agile coaches and scrum masters

· Strategy implementation managers who want to enhance their skills with targeted AI applications

· Middle managers responsible for translating strategy and guiding employees