Strategy Topics
There are literally hundreds of competitive issues that we can cover in our
strategic training. We tailor our presentations to address the topics
that your people can immediately use. The longer our presentation, the more of
these topics we can cover.
Topics Covered in All Presentations: Sun Tzu's Basic Concepts
1: Emotion Versus Strategy
2: The Framework of Strategy
3: The Goal of Strategy
4: A Unique Position
5: The Competitive Environment
6: The Changing Times
7: Competitive Success
8: The Need for a Philosophy
9: Advancing a Position
10: Sources of Strategic Knowledge
11: Sources of Strategic Opportunity
12: Acting on Vision
13: Positioning
14: Attacks and Battles
15: Moving Through Opposition
16: Economic Warfare
17: The Need for Speed
18: Looking Before We Leap
19: Changing Conditions |
20: Using Leverage
21: Acquiring Information
22: The Role of Strategy
23: The Factors of Success
24: The Philosophy of Strategy
25: Competitive Trends
26: The Battleground
27: Leadership Qualities
28: Your Competitive Methods
29: The Role of the Five Factors
30: The Purpose of Strategic Analysis
31: The Key Questions
32: Predicting Success
33: The Key to Communication
34: The Best Form of Competition
35: Your Public Image
36: Situational Response
37: Nurturing Opportunity
38: Identifying True Opportunities |
Additional Topics for Analysis Sessions
39: The Foundation of Strategy
40: Setting Limits
41: Assuring Success
42: Losing the Initiative
43: Minimizing Risks
44: Competitive Self-Interest
45: Risks and Rewards
46: Controlling Risk
47: The Effect of Geography
48: Your Chances of Success
49: Finding Resources
50: The Most Valuable Resources
51: Managing Costs
52: The Key Competitive Battles
53: Your Key Ability |
54: Understanding Strength
55: Your Strategic Goals
56: The Best Attack Strategy
57: Attacking Strong Positions
58: Overcoming Strong Opponents
59: The Competitive Attitude
60: Deciding Attack Strategy
61: The Challenge of Size
62: The Role of Stakeholders
63: Decision-Making
64: Political Mistakes
65: Clarity of Authority
66: Internal Political Battles
67: The Factors in Success
68: The Basis of Success |
Additional Topics for Advanced Seminars
69: Initiation
70: The Basis of Battle
71: The Creation of Opportunity
72: Watching for Opportunities
73: Defense and Offense
74: Ensuring Success
75: Taking Advantage of Opportunity
76: The Quality of Skill
77: The Degree of Difficulty
78: The Lesson of History
79: Battles to Avoid
80: Inevitable Success
81: Timing the Struggle for Success
82: Controlling Success
83: The Success Formula
84: Where to Invest Resources
85: The Support of People
86: Using Direct Action
87: Using Surprise |
88: The Source of Innovation
89: From Innovation to Success
90: Hearing New Ideas
91: Examining New Ideas
92: Testing New Ideas
93: Using Innovation
94: The Basis of Innovation
95: Resisting Change
96: The Key to Innovation
97: Unleashing Innovation
98: Controlling the Course of Events
99: Dealing with Chaos
100: Planning for Chaos
101: The Source of Advantage
102: Getting the Most from People
103: Dealing with Pressure
104: Making People Powerful |
Additional Topics available for Workshops
Opportunities and Innovation
69: Initiating a Challenge
70: The Basis of Battle
71: The Creation of Opportunity
72: Watching for Opportunities
73: Defense and Offense
74: Ensuring Success
75: Taking Advantage of Opportunity
76: The Quality of Skill
77: The Degree of Difficulty
78: The Lesson of History
79: Battles to Avoid
80: Inevitable Success
81: Timing the Struggle for Success
82: Controlling Success
83: The Success Formula
84: Where to Invest Resources
85: The Support of People
86: Using Direct Action
87: Using Surprise |
88: The Source of Innovation
89: From Innovation to Success
90: Hearing New Ideas
91: Examining New Ideas
92: Testing New Ideas
93: Using Innovation
94: The Basis of Innovation
95: Resisting Change
96: The Key to Innovation
97: Unleashing Innovation
98: Controlling the Course of Events
99: Dealing with Chaos
100: Planning for Chaos
101: The Source of Advantage
102: Getting the Most From People
103: Dealing With Pressure
104: Making People Powerful |
Leveraging Weakness and Strength
105: Winning a New Position
106: Manipulating Opponents
107: Using an Opponent’s Strength
108: Using Emptiness and Fullness
109: Using Strength and Weakness
110: Moving to New Positions
111: Moving Against Strength
112: The Timing of Battle
113: The Key to Strength
114: Overcoming Larger Opponents |
115: Preventing Weakness
116: What Our Opponents Defend
117: The Ability to Focus
118: Knowledge of Situations
119: The Value of Size
120: The Balance of Power
121: The Key Weakness
122: The Key to Strength
123: The Choice of Techniques
124: The Choice of Approach |
Managing Conflict
125: The Source of Disaster
126: Avoiding Conflict
127: The Essence of Strategy
128: Avoiding Hostilities
129: Setting Up Confrontations
130: Chasing Opportunities
131: Success Without Resources
132: Knowledge Is Power
133: Upsetting the Competition
134: Fertile, Empty Ground
135: Priorities During Conflict |
136: Leveraging Communication
137: Communication Methods
138: Key Communication Elements
139: Timing Confrontations
140: Emotions During Confrontation
141: Preparation for Confrontation
142: Your Opponent’s Condition
143: Action During Confrontation
144: Confrontations’ Dangers
145: Escaping Confrontations |
Moving Into New Areas
146: The Key Constraints on
Strategy
147: The Goal of Adaptability
148: Blind to Opportunity
149: Taking Advantage
150: Consistent Results
151: Potential Opponents
152: Defending Valuable Ground
153: Vulnerable Leaders
154: Fear of Destruction
155: The Opponent’s Emotions
156: Using an Opponent’s Pride
157: Devotion to Individuals
158: The Five Weaknesses
159: True Defeat
160: Key to Movement
161: Among the Powerful
162: Dealing With Change
163: During Transitions
164: Dealing With Uncertainty
165: Dealing With Equality
166: The Lack of Opportunity
167: Healthy Organizations
168: Defending Desirable Positions
169: The Furor of Change |
170: Limited Opportunities
171: Competitive Visibility
172: An Opponent’s Attitude
173: An Opponent’s Adjustments
174: An Opponent’s Movement
175: Sudden Environmental Changes
176: Subtle Evidence
177: An Opponent’s Communication
178: Evaluating Movement
179: Evaluating Agreements
180: Contradictory Signals
181: Personal Rewards
182: Ignoring Opportunities
183: Scavengers
184: Your Opponent’s Dilemma
185: Extreme Measures
186: Organizational Problems
187: Judging Emotions
188: Ambiguous Situations
189: The Limits of Expansion
190: The Treatment of Recruits
191: Esprit de Corps
192: Earning Obedience
193: Keeping It Simple |
Analysis of Potential Future Positions
194: Six Extremes of Position
195: The Unobstructed Position
196: The Entangling Position
197: The Supporting Position
198: The Constricted Field Position
199: The Barricaded Position
200: The Spread-Out Position
201: Evaluating a Position
202: Problems With Extreme Positions
203: Organizational Weakness
204: Being Outmaneuvered
205: Organizational Laxity
206: Organizational Downfall |
207: The Spread-Out Organization
208: Disorganization 209: Choosing the Wrong Battles
210: Organizational Problems
211: Choosing a Field Position
212: Predicting Opponents
213: The Failure of Analysis
214: Pressure From Supporters
215: Desire for Success
216: The Role of Leadership
217: Caring for Your People
218: The Winning Knowledge
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The Nine Stages of Campaigns
219: Mastering Field Position
220: Self-Knowledge and Competition
221: The Nine Stages
222: The Scattering Stage
223: The Easy Stage
224: The Disputed Stage
225: The Open Stage
226: The Intersecting Stage
227: The Dangerous Stage
228: The Difficult Stage
229: The Limited Stage
230: The Do-or-Die Stage
231: Situational Response
232: Windows of Opportunity
233: Engaging in Battle
234: Defending Our Territory
235: Bringing People Together
236: Finding Resources
237: Facing Difficulties
238: Ending Worry
239: The Key to Trust
240: Committed Leadership
241: The Source of Dedication
242: Handling Complaints
243: Appropriate Response |
244: Instant Reflexes
245: Working Together
246: Sharing Standards
247: Using Unity
248: A Leader’s Demeanor
249: People’s Expectations
250: Repeating Success
251: Discovering Success
252: The Use of Pressure
253: Organizational Limitations
254: The Philosophy of an Invader
255: The Techniques of Terrain
256: Using Deadly Ground
257: Ignorance of Competitive Plans
258: Unknown Areas
259: Information Gathering
260: Knowledge of the Target
261: Competing for Alliances
262: On Your Own
263: The Necessary Advantage
264: Surviving Difficulties
265: The New Competitive Threat
266: The Defensive Attack
267: Avoiding Traps |
Using the Environment Against Opponents
268: Categories of Targets
269: Preparing Environmental Attacks
270: Necessary Resources
271: Using Environmental Weapons
272: Sources of Environmental Attacks
273: Following Up on the Attack
274: Responding to Attacks
275: An Opponent’s Difficulties |
276: The Focus of Attack
277: Supporting Attacks
278: Protection from Attacks
279: Attacks Versus Change
280: Victory in Competition
281: Choosing Not to Attack
282: Offensive Behavior
283: Perception of Failure |
Understanding Strategic Information
284: The Goal of Strategy
285: Competitive Information
286: The Failure of Planning
287: Strategic Expectations
288: Success in Competition
289: Best Source of Information
290: Five Types of Information
291: Leadership Resources
292: Local Sources
293: Inside Sources
294: Competitors' Sources
295: Misleading Sources |
296: Timely Sources
297: Information Quality
298: Information Quality Evaluated
299: Attention to Detail
300: Leaky Sources
301: Information Need
302: The Key Information Source
303: Using Competitors' Sources
304: Information Economics
305: The Key to Repeat Success
306: The People Needed |
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