MASTERING STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
MASTERING STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP OVERVIEW
Every organization faces the same question: how do we actually create value—and how will we create value in the future? Strategic leadership begins not with imitation or analysis, but with the ability to define a unique future that is worth pursuing, often taking the form of a problem that is worth solving. Successful leaders frame problems, questioning the obvious and challenging assumptions that others take for granted. In doing so, leaders can reveal hidden sources of value—resources, capabilities, and relationships that have yet to be fully recognized or used—and turn them into engines of growth.
In this course, we define strategic leadership as a process of generating a unique “theory” and path to value creation and problem-solving. Strategic leadership begins with learning to look beyond data—in asking the right questions, uncovering hidden possibilities, and charting a distinct path to value. The goal of the course is to highlight your role as a leader in orchestrating the process of value creation. You will learn the process by which novel paths to value are articulated and pitched, and how you can lead and persuade others throughout this process.
The course will use a mix of short case studies, readings, frameworks, and in-class exercises to help you master strategic leadership. Our goal is to not only teach and discuss the central principles and processes behind articulating a path to value, but also to equip you with the highly practical tools and insights to help you actually do this in your organization.
What You’ll Learn
• What is strategic leadership
• Where value comes from
• Framing problems worth solving
• Contrarian thinking and value creation
• Hidden and underused resources
This course is part of the Executive Leadership Certificate
• Data, AI, and experimentation
• Articulating your theory and path to value
• Persuasion and stakeholder engagement
• From insight to implementation
• Governance, design, and execution
In addition to developing knowledge and skills, you will receive SHRM credits as proof of your accomplishment.
Eccles Executive Education is recognized by SHRM to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit SHRMCertification.org.
Course Impact
Who Should Attend?
• Leaders and managers responsible for strategy, growth, and innovation
• Individuals seeking to develop their problem-framing and decision-making skills
• Executives and entrepreneurs who want to connect ideas with action and results
• Teams looking to move from analysis to insight, and from vision to implementation
Personal Benefits
Understand where value comes from Stregthen the ability to frame and solve meaningful problems
Challenge assumptions and uncover hidden opportunities and sources of value
Develop a clear path to value for my team and organization
Presenting Faculty | Teppo Felin
Organizational Benefits
Leaders who can see beyond data and spot unseen sources of value
Turn insight into consistent value creation
Strategic thinking, persuasion, and cross-level alignment
Improve implementation, governance, and stakeholder engagement
Teppo Felin is the Ion Foundation Endowed Professor at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah and Co-Director of the Ion Management Science Lab. Before joining the Eccles School, he was the Douglas D. Anderson Endowed Professor at Utah State University. From 2013-2021, Felin was a Professor of Strategy at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, where he also directed the Oxford Diploma in Strategy & Innovation. His work explores how organizations and leaders create value.
Presenting Faculty | Todd Zenger
Todd Zenger is the N. Eldon Tanner Chair in Strategy and Strategic Leadership and a Presidential Professor at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah. He is also Co-Director of the Ion Management Science Lab and Academic Director of the Goff Strategic Leadership Center. A Fellow of both the Strategic Management Society and the Academy of Management, Zenger is among the world’s most cited scholars on corporate strategy and organizational design.
THE ECCLES DIFFERENCE
The David Eccles School of Business enrolls about 6,000 students in its eight undergraduate majors, four MBAs, seven other specialized graduate programs, one Ph.D. program, and executive education curricula. It is also home to seven institutes and centers that support an ecosystem of entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation, including the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, Ken C. Gardner Policy Institute, Sorenson Impact Center, and more.
Our faculty members boast impressive professional and educational backgrounds and hold Ph.D.s from esteemed universities including the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School, Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Telephone: (801) 587-7273
Email: ExecEd@Utah.edu
Website: ExecEd.Utah.Edu
Registration: Eccles.Secure.Force.com/ExecEdApplication
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