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Strategic Thinking & Advanced Problem Solving Workshop


9th - 10th, April 2025 / Sydney, AU
SAVE UP TO $1000
Discount ends in 3 days

OVERVIEW


Apply a structured systems thinking approach to analysing problems and formulating strategy

• Learn practical outcome-driven models for strategic decision-making
• Explore a systematic approach for problem analysis and strategy formulation
• Understand your role as a leader in empowering others to address challenges
• Overcome common roadblocks to resolve complex problems

TRAINER


Fiona Maggs

Fiona is a seasoned leader with a wealth of experience spanning over 17 years at Coca-Cola Amatil, as well as senior roles including Sales Director at Unilever, and Managing Director at Lumaten Shopper Research Consultancy. Fiona delivers programs in strategy, problem-solving, sales, negotiations, and leadership, while also offering executive coaching from emerging leaders to the C-suite. She is passionate about driving growth, building high-performing teams, and empowering ambitious leaders.

Leadership Expert & Executive Coach
Dial Consulting

AGENDA


Workshop

Strategic thinking and problem solving

- How the current context is shaping organisations

- The role of strategic thinking in senior leadership

- Respond to emerging challenges


Enhancing your decision-making

- Cognitive principles, and tools essential for effectiveness

- Address common limitations and challenges

- Utilise models, tools and tactics to enhance overall capabilities


Advanced problem solving for senior leaders

- Objectively collect and evaluate evidence

- Explore reason-based approaches to tackle complex solving

- Apply rational and creative problem solving tools and techniques


Leading and influencing others on key issues

- Effectively engage stakeholders to understand the problem and identify potential solutions

- Integrate multi-stakeholder perspectives and facilitate shared understanding

- Resolve conflict and disagreement in group problem solving


  • Fiona Maggs Leadership Expert & Executive Coach Dial Consulting

Workshop

Definition: Understanding the problem

- Reach agreement on the problem: Define key variables, known causes, structure, scope, stakeholder impact, interdependencies and constraints 

- Evaluate problem impacts

- Develop solution criteria and the problem solving approach

 

Analysis: Identifying and evaluating possible solutions

- Generate and evaluate solutions based on feasibility, impact, and risk

- Take stock of required skills, knowledge, and resources to resolve the problem or realise the opportunity

- Leadership, management, planning and team deployment considerations 

 

 Implementation: from strategy to results

- Test solutions: prototypes, pilots, simulations

- Adopt a systematic approach to solution implementation

- Build engagement and embedding change 

 

Overcoming roadblocks to strategic thinking and problem solving

- Cognitive biases, ideological paradigms and group-based

- The inherently challenging nature of ‘wicked problems’ 

- Cultivate your skills and maintain your edge as a strategic thinker and problem solver

  • Fiona Maggs Leadership Expert & Executive Coach Dial Consulting

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VENUE


Cliftons Sydney

Level 13, 60 Margaret St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia

+61 2 9250 0999

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