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How to Help Managers Become More Strategic

Let's Grow Leaders

” There’s no doubt that strategic thinking is vital. There’s strong evidence to support that strategic thinking is one of the most important executive competencies. Managers can learn to be more strategic through understanding, exposure and challenge. Strategic thinking requires context.

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A Brief History of Strategy Consulting: 100 years from Frederick Taylor to the “Next New Normal”

StrategyU

Here is McDonald again (emphasis mine): “The emphasis in the GSO was more on why managers did things, as opposed to how they did them. Part of the toolkit McKinsey developed was a 30-page document called the “General Survey Outline” (GSO) and it stood out for how it was different than Taylor’s “how-to” approach. Chapter 7 (1970s?—?Present):

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Communication Games for Teams: Enhancing Engagement and Collaboration

Vantage Circle

Tower Building Challenge: This game aims to improve effective communication, prompt cooperation, and strategic thinking of team members. In the long run, this builds out-of-the-box thinking, innovation, and team unity. Only one of the team members knows the exact point of the mine. Consider the games listed below: A.