Program for board members and senior executives
With business models being reshaped by digital technology and AI, boards and executive committees need to step up their strategic game in order to steer their organization’s vision, set priorities and create sustainable value.
This immersive four-day program, which includes two hours of one-on-one coaching, has been crafted to deliver an integrated approach to strategic leadership.
- Connect the dots between strategic vision and on-the-ground execution
- Understand the two main levers to value creation — innovation and efficiency — as well as where they intersect and how to maintain a lasting balance between the two in your organization
- Assess your organization’s ability to create and deliver value
- Move beyond operational KPIs to embrace strategic KPIs
- Turn governance into a catalyst for performance, innovation and resilience
FROM VISION TO EXECUTION: EMPOWERING YOUR BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE VALUE
Takeaways include an updated performance framework, a set of tools that are directly applicable to your needs and high-level skills to lead collective decision-making in complex environments.
GOALS
- Unpack the entire value creation cycle, from strategy to execution.
- Assess your organization’s capacity to overcome blind spots and deliver on its strategic priorities.
- Lean into value-, risk- and resilience-related KPIs to guide your organization forward.
- Focus on initiatives that have a real impact on sustainable performance.
- Equip board members and senior executives with the tools they need to ensure a proactive approach to governance over the medium and long term.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
This program is for anyone who plays a strategic management role within their organization, including:
- Board and executive committee members
- Senior executives involved in strategic decision-making and implementation
- Project portfolio and organizational transformation leads
- Leaders looking to increase their impact within their organization
SPECIAL FEATURES
- A unique approach blending strategy, governance and execution: Find out how your decisions at the board and executive committee level have a tangible influence on your organization’s value delivery.
- Game-changing leadership tools that are easy to implement and immediately actionable: Learn how to use prioritization matrices, dashboards and tracking mechanisms that let you supervise operations more efficiently without falling into the micromanagement trap.
- A format designed specifically for leaders: Four days of intensive learning in small groups, plus two hours of one-on-one coaching to help you put your newfound knowledge into action right away.
- A strategic self-assessment to get you ready to make the most of your experience: Before you get started, evaluate your organization’s alignment, innovation capacity, level of efficiency and decision-making processes.
Participants will receive a certificate of completion from Executive Education HEC Montréal.
DAY 1 - UNDERSTANDING THE STRATEGIC VALUE CREATION CYCLE
Louis Hébert
- Identifying where and how value is created in an organization: Innovation, efficiency and strategic levers
- Connecting strategy and operational execution
- Defining and driving long-term strategic value
- Identifying strategic KPIs and the corresponding core competencies
- Determining the drivers of value creation within your project portfolio
- Analyzing threats to value creation and appropriation, and evaluating the impacts of these threats on organizational resilience
DAY 2 - LEVERAGING GOVERNANCE TO DRIVE PERFORMANCE AND RESILIENCE
Julien Le Maux
- Looking at governance as a driver of resilience and sustainable performance
- Clarifying the roles and responsibilities of boards and executive committees, and understanding how they interact
- Identifying relevant strategic KPIs to start leading and stop micromanaging
- Implementing ongoing self-assessments and a competency framework for boards and executive committees
- Exploring project steering committees as a means of promoting accountability
- Integrating prospective risk management into strategic governance
DAY 3 - POSITIONING INNOVATION AS A ENABLER OF STRATEGIC VALUE CREATION
Laurent Simon
- Connecting strategy to innovation and project portfolio management
- Identifying managerial duties related to innovation and transformation
- Assessing organizational and innovation capacity (talent, culture, resources)
- Applying a prioritization framework based on created value
- Managing trade-offs between short- and long-term goals, taking external factors into account
- Developing a culture based on a team approach to project selection and continuous learning
DAY 4 - SECURING EXECUTION AND STRENGTHENING DELIVERY CAPACITY
Henri-Jean Bonnis
- Evaluating organizational readiness prior to moving forward with a major project
- Identifying blind spots from a cultural, human resources and technological standpoint
- Building a sustainable strategic management framework
- Measuring and conveying benefits in an integrated and credible way
TRAINING APPROACH
- Lectures
- Case studies
- Experiential activities
- Small group discussions
- Simulation using tools
Educational director and instructor:
Eng., MSC, ICD.D, PMP, Prince2
Lecturer, HEC Montréal and Founding Partner and Managing Director, Adsum Consulting Group
Instructors:
DESC (Management), MSc (Management), PhD (Administration), HEC Montréal
Professor, HEC Montréal
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Program
Instructors
GOALS
- Unpack the entire value creation cycle, from strategy to execution.
- Assess your organization’s capacity to overcome blind spots and deliver on its strategic priorities.
- Lean into value-, risk- and resilience-related KPIs to guide your organization forward.
- Focus on initiatives that have a real impact on sustainable performance.
- Equip board members and senior executives with the tools they need to ensure a proactive approach to governance over the medium and long term.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
This program is for anyone who plays a strategic management role within their organization, including:
- Board and executive committee members
- Senior executives involved in strategic decision-making and implementation
- Project portfolio and organizational transformation leads
- Leaders looking to increase their impact within their organization
SPECIAL FEATURES
- A unique approach blending strategy, governance and execution: Find out how your decisions at the board and executive committee level have a tangible influence on your organization’s value delivery.
- Game-changing leadership tools that are easy to implement and immediately actionable: Learn how to use prioritization matrices, dashboards and tracking mechanisms that let you supervise operations more efficiently without falling into the micromanagement trap.
- A format designed specifically for leaders: Four days of intensive learning in small groups, plus two hours of one-on-one coaching to help you put your newfound knowledge into action right away.
- A strategic self-assessment to get you ready to make the most of your experience: Before you get started, evaluate your organization’s alignment, innovation capacity, level of efficiency and decision-making processes.
Participants will receive a certificate of completion from Executive Education HEC Montréal.
DAY 1 - UNDERSTANDING THE STRATEGIC VALUE CREATION CYCLE
Louis Hébert
- Identifying where and how value is created in an organization: Innovation, efficiency and strategic levers
- Connecting strategy and operational execution
- Defining and driving long-term strategic value
- Identifying strategic KPIs and the corresponding core competencies
- Determining the drivers of value creation within your project portfolio
- Analyzing threats to value creation and appropriation, and evaluating the impacts of these threats on organizational resilience
DAY 2 - LEVERAGING GOVERNANCE TO DRIVE PERFORMANCE AND RESILIENCE
Julien Le Maux
- Looking at governance as a driver of resilience and sustainable performance
- Clarifying the roles and responsibilities of boards and executive committees, and understanding how they interact
- Identifying relevant strategic KPIs to start leading and stop micromanaging
- Implementing ongoing self-assessments and a competency framework for boards and executive committees
- Exploring project steering committees as a means of promoting accountability
- Integrating prospective risk management into strategic governance
DAY 3 - POSITIONING INNOVATION AS A ENABLER OF STRATEGIC VALUE CREATION
Laurent Simon
- Connecting strategy to innovation and project portfolio management
- Identifying managerial duties related to innovation and transformation
- Assessing organizational and innovation capacity (talent, culture, resources)
- Applying a prioritization framework based on created value
- Managing trade-offs between short- and long-term goals, taking external factors into account
- Developing a culture based on a team approach to project selection and continuous learning
DAY 4 - SECURING EXECUTION AND STRENGTHENING DELIVERY CAPACITY
Henri-Jean Bonnis
- Evaluating organizational readiness prior to moving forward with a major project
- Identifying blind spots from a cultural, human resources and technological standpoint
- Building a sustainable strategic management framework
- Measuring and conveying benefits in an integrated and credible way
TRAINING APPROACH
- Lectures
- Case studies
- Experiential activities
- Small group discussions
- Simulation using tools
Educational director and instructor:
Eng., MSC, ICD.D, PMP, Prince2
Lecturer, HEC Montréal and Founding Partner and Managing Director, Adsum Consulting Group
Instructors:
DESC (Management), MSc (Management), PhD (Administration), HEC Montréal
Professor, HEC Montréal