The 6 disciplines of strategic thinking
- sciart0
- Apr 5
- 1 min read
Excerpt: Are you starting an initiative or reevaluating an older project with fresh eyes? Are you starting a new job and looking to impress your team? Or maybe, though hopefully not, you’re in the middle of a crisis you must resolve? Whether you need to make the most of an opportunity or improve a tricky situation, your fundamental goal can be boiled down to a simple question: How can I find success?
But you don’t just want to be successful, do you?
You want to prove that you are the best person for the job. You want to find a way to be a true leader.
Michael Watkins, professor of leadership and organizational change at the IMD Business School, has an approach to help you accomplish just that. Through his research, he observed that those who evaluate future leaders for advancement increasingly emphasize the importance of strategic thinking.
“It really is the fast track to the top,” Watkins told Big Think+in an exclusive interview.What makes strategic-thinking skills so valuable? According to Watkins, they are critical because of today’s volatile, uncertain, and highly competitive business environment. Markets are unpredictable, and coworkers can be fickle.
Too many leaders favor reactive, short-term decision-making to calculated, long-term frameworks. These high-stakes and challenging settings make the ability to think strategically imperative to success.