How to Develop the Mind of a Strategist and Become a Trusted Advisor

Do you know the two most important questions the CEO expects you to answer when you walk through the door? Do you know what the most powerful influencers of executive decision making are? What are the most important things the boss needs from you, constantly? Just how do you get to the table? What does it take to be a trusted advisor? What does being strategic really mean? Strategy remains one of the more mysterious aspects of achieving success. For many, being a strategist and trusted advisor to top management and leaders is considered to be the highest level of professional practice. James E. Lukaszewski, ABC, APR, Fellow PRSA, CCEP, is a strategist's strategist. During this 53-minute program, he will present many of his powerful methodologies. Every day, Jim coaches, teaches, and counsels trusted advisors to be more strategic to think and work at higher levels of competence and influence, with a management perspective. He coaches, teaches, and guides senior executives in their operational strategies, too. This professional development CD is about how to develop the management-oriented mindset, behaviors, and attitudes that attract management s attention and get you invited earlier into the decision-making process . . . before all the decisions have been made by the high-priced lawyers and outside consultants. There are seven distinct disciplines. It is also about how to get the boss to listen and incorporate your advice into the planning, execution, follow-up, and evaluation of major business activities and decision making. Here are some of the questions this program will address: 1. How do you engage a boss who doesn't communicate or care? 2. How do you engage a boss who knows it all? 3. How do you get to the table? 4. How do you stay at the table? 5. How can you get better control of the boss? 6. How can you have true influence over the boss? 7. What does it mean to think differently? 8. How do you get called in before all of the decisions are made? 9. What do you do once you get to the table? 10. What can you do to keep from getting shot down by the lawyers and management consultants? 11. What are some of the questions you should be prepared to answer? 12. What is strategy? What isn t strategic? 13. What is a manager's mindset? 14. Who are these people we call CEOs? During this intensive and energetic presentation, Jim will help you look inside yourself to identify how much of a strategist you may already be and what you have to accomplish to indeed become a truly effective strategic advisor. The titles of the tracks on this CD are: 1. Introduction 2. Strategy Is 3. Terrorism Is an Act of Communication 4. Strategy: The Crucial Element of Leadership 5. Leadership Is a Verbal Skill 6. Develop a Management Perspective 7. Strategy and Stuff 8. Strategy Further Defined 9. Optimism and Pragmatism 10. They Have Nothing to Do 11. State the Obvious 12. Strategic Suggestion Tests 13. Recommendations on the Spot 14. Using Management Language 15. Integrated Marketing 16. Reputation Management 17. The Power of Mom 18. Study Leaders 19. Get the Facts 20. What's Not Strategic 21. Be Memorable 22. Linear Thinking 23. Your Brain 24. Minds of Mush 25. Become an Advocate 26. There Is No School for CEOs 27. Management Decision Making 28. When the Boss Calls 29. Concluding Comments