Coaching Your Team to Think and Act Strategically

Introduction

• Being strategic is an essential skill
• Using coaching to build strategic skills

1. Defining Strategic Competencies

• What does it mean to be strategic?
• A framework for thinking and acting strategically

2. Preparing to Coach for Strategic Competency

• Mindset matters
• Communicating the goals and business drivers
• Setting an example with a self-assessment
• Preparing for roadblocks

3. Coaching for Strategic Thinking

• Curating the internal signals
• Curating the external signals
• Building inquiry skills
• Taking multiple perspectives
• Moving from information to insights
• Build skills and behaviors

4. Coaching for Strategic Behavior

• Using your time strategically
• Communicating strategically
• Coaching to challenge the status quo

Conclusion

• Build a team of strategists