Strategic Awareness
The definition of Strategic Awareness from the Skills Discovery:
You have a keen interest in understanding changes in the wider world that could impact on your plans and objectives.
As a big picture thinker, you are able to develop and shift your long term plans effectively.
You enjoy taking steps to deal with whatever situations and circumstances may arise in the future.
Questions to help you bring this strength to life:
What changes are happening around you right now that you haven't fully stopped to consider?
When did stepping back to see the bigger picture change the decision you made?
Where in your life do you need a longer term plan than the one you currently have?
Resources of the Week
Article
4 Ways to Improve Your Strategic Thinking Skills
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Hearing the feedback, "You need to be more strategic," can be frustrating — especially because it rarely comes with concrete guidance.
By Nina A. Bowman
Podcast
Exceptional Leaders are Integrative Thinkers: Roger Martin
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In this Guy Raz podcast episode, management consultant Roger Martin challenges the relentless drive for efficiency and advocates for an integrative approach.
By Wisdom from the Top
Article
How to balance intuition and strategic thinking
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In an era where AI, automation, and ubiquitous dashboards flood us with metrics, it’s tempting to believe that better spreadsheets alone will yield better decisions. Our most consequential choices arise from an ongoing negotiation between intuition and rational analysis.
By Natalie Nixon
Strength Story: Rosemarie
The Strength of Strategic Awareness
Rosemarie's Strategic Awareness strength helps her zoom out from what's immediately in front of her and see the bigger picture. Trained as a psychologist, she noticed the rise of Positive Psychology and recognized its potential in the workplace before most — which led her to shift into coaching focused on leaders and organizational culture. She brings the same lens to her clients, evaluating not just whether someone needs coaching, but whether she is actually the right fit for what they need.
Fact of the Week
Long-term success often depends on seeing change before others do. Strategic foresight research has found that leaders who actively monitor trends and future possibilities are better positioned to respond to uncertainty and disruption. (Institute for the Future)
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