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BE MORE STRATEGIC

A collection of resources to help you practices to build the life and career you want. Use the drop down menu below to find the relevant practices and resources that apply to each chapter.

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Chapter 1 - What being strategic means

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Below you will find the practices and resources that are covered in chapter 1. Click a resource to find out more and download its content.

12 Practices of Strategic Mastery

Chapter 1

Great strategists share a common set of capabilities and competencies...

Do you actually have a life strategy?

Chapter 1

This short self-assessment helps you test whether what you have is a strategy — or simply a plan...

Do you have a life strategy?

Chapter 1

This ‘one-page’ reflection tool helps you take stock of your personal life — not just...

Chapter 2 - The Foundation Practices (Self Awareness)

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Below you will find all the practices and resources that are covered in chapter 2. Click a resource to find out more and download its content.

Articulating Emotions - Emotions Wheel

Chapter 2

Emotions Wheel is a simple tool to help you recognise, name and navigate what you feel...

Know what drives you: Values & Beliefs Exercise

Chapter 2

A guided reflection to uncover what matters most to you, and what ‘makes you tick’...

Left Brain or Right Brain Test

Chapter 2

A quick, practical test to explore how you and those around you ‘think’...

Chapter 3 - Be Curious Be a Learner

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Below you will find all the practices and resources that are covered in chapter 3. Click a resource to find out more and download its content.

Fixed or Growth Mindset

Chapter 3

Discover how you respond to feedback and how to shift from defensiveness to development...

How Do I Learn Best

Chapter 3

Discover how you learn best and how that shapes your ability to think and act strategically...

Surface and Challenge Your Assumptions

Chapter 3

A practical exercise to think objectively and make better strategic decisions and choices...

Chapter 4 - Be Present Be a Listener

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Below you will find all the practices and resources that are covered in chapter 4. Click a resource to find out more and download its content.

Barriers to Listening

Chapter 4

A practical reflection tool to uncover what gets in your way when you try to truly listen...

Developing Your Listening Muscle

Chapter 4

Practical exercises to help you build deeper attention, empathy, and understanding...

Exploring Levels of Listening

Chapter 4

A practical guide to recognise how you listen and how to move to deeper levels...

Chapter 5 - Be Rational Be a Critical Thinker

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Below you will find all the practices and resources that are covered in chapter 5. Click a resource to find out more and download its content.

De Bonos Thinking Hats Exercise

Chapter 5

A practical guide for critical and creative thinking (solo or with a team)...

How To Create a Clear Problem Statement

Chapter 5

A practical guide to sharpen your critical thinking and improve your decisions...

Watson Glazer CT Assessment

Chapter 5

An assessment Inspired by the Watson Glazer Test...

Chapter 6 - Be Imaginative Be a Creative

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Below you will find all the practices and resources that are covered in chapter 6. Click a resource to find out more and download its content.

How Creative Are You?

Chapter 6

A simple self-assessment and guide to unlock your imagination...

Serious Play: Think With Your Hands

Chapter 6

How to unlock deeper insight, creativity and collaboration through LEGO®

Using Parallels To Think Differently

Chapter 6

A short guide to learning from other worlds to unlock creativity and strategy...

Chapter 7 - Be Comfortable with Uncertainty

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Below you will find all the practices and resources that are covered in chapter 7. Click a resource to find out more and download its content.

Assess Your Relationship With Uncertainty

Chapter 7

A short self-assessment and guide to build your comfort with the unknown...

Escaping the Mind Traps

Chapter 7

How to think clearly and calmly in uncertain times...

Understanding How People Experience Change

Chapter 7

This short guide helps you recognise where you and / or your team are in the ‘change process’...

Chapter 8 - Be Future Focused Be a Visionary

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Below you will find all the practices and resources that are covered in chapter 8. Click a resource to find out more and download its content.

Create Your Personal Vision

Chapter 8

A short guide to imagining and defining the future you want to build...

How Future Focused Are You

Chapter 8

A short exercise to explore how you naturally think about the future...

The Futures Thinking Canvas

Chapter 8

A practical tool to help you explore possible futures and shape the one you want...

Chapter 9

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Below you will find all the practices and resources that are covered in chapter 9. Click a resource to find out more and download its content.

Identify Your Decision Making Style

Chapter 9

A short guide to help you recognise your default style and learn to make clearer, faster decisions...

OODA Loop Explored

Chapter 9

A practical guide to adopting a faster, clearer, and more adaptive decision-making approach...

RAPID Decision Making Framework

Chapter 9

A simple tool to clarify who does what — so decisions get made and acted on...

Chapter 10

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Below you will find all the practices and resources that are covered in chapter 10. Click a resource to find out more and download its content.

Building Psychological Safety

Chapter 10

A short guide to creating the conditions for openness, learning, and creativity...

Facilitating Great Inclusive Meetings

Chapter 10

A practical guide to designing and leading meetings where every voice counts...

Team Health and Performance Diagnostic

Chapter 10

A short self-assessment to understand how well your team collaborates and what to strengthen next...

Chapter 11

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Below you will find all the practices and resources that are covered in chapter 11. Click a resource to find out more and download its content.

Communicating Strategy with the Pyramid Principle

Chapter 11

How to clarify your “so what” before you even open PowerPoint..

Strategic Stakeholder Mapping

Chapter 11

A short guide to start mapping the people who can make or break your work...

The Art of Persuasive Communication

Chapter 11

Four simple storytelling frameworks to help you influence with clarity, credibility, and impact...

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