What this taster gives you
- The difference between managing and leading, in plain terms
- What strategy really is: choices about where to focus and what not to do
- A strategic time audit using your own diary
- A thinking time plan to protect space for strategy each week
Watch the first lesson
Your free taster
A practical first step from the programme: making room to lead, not just manage. It takes about 20 to 30 minutes. Print it or type into it, and keep it with your notes.
Inside the full programme
- 01 The leader as strategist. Managing versus leading, and how to protect time to think.
- 02 Understanding where you are now. An honest view of your starting point.
- 03 Creating a compelling vision. A picture of the future people can see themselves in.
- 04 Turning vision into strategy. The few choices that make the vision real.
- 05 Building the right team. The people and capabilities the plan needs.
- 06 Setting up the team for success. Roles, ownership and ways of working.
- 07 Communicating the strategy. A message people can understand and repeat.
- 08 Aligning goals and measures. Goals that connect daily work to direction.
- 09 Leading through change and setbacks. Holding course when things do not go to plan.
- 10 Keeping strategy alive. Routines that stop the plan gathering dust.
This taster provides general learning and development content. It is not professional advice. © 2026 Starbuck & Associates Limited. All rights reserved.
