Strategic Implementation Toolkit: An Essential Guide for Middle Managers
- Innovation & Business Improvement
- Leadership & Management
2 Days
Who Should Attend
Middle Managers and Business Professionals tasked with strategy implementation. Minimally a Diploma is required.
We recommend that you take this 2-day course, after taking the complementary 1-day course: Middle Managers’ Role in Strategy Implementation – The Lynchpin of Success.
Overview
The role of middle managers in strategy implementation is becoming increasingly critical. As organizations undergo transformation at an accelerated pace, middle managers must be equipped with the right skills and knowledge to support successful implementation.
Only one in three strategy implementations is successful.
This course draws from best practices of those who succeed—and highlights the key mistakes others make. It explores in depth the pivotal role middle managers play in turning strategy into results. Participants will gain practical techniques and easy-to-adopt tools to lead their teams toward successful implementation.
Participants examine their position as the “sandwich layer” between senior leaders and frontline employees. The course also addresses the challenges of implementing strategy in the digital world and shows how middle managers can leverage AI, Agentic AI, and other emerging tools to enhance the implementation.
It features an implementation framework, canvases, tools, templates, business simulations, and checklists to help middle managers kick-start their implementation journey effectively.
This course complements Middle Managers’ Role in Strategy Implementation – The Lynchpin of Success, which focuses on understanding their role and the specific actions needed for implementation.
It’s time to reverse the high failure rate of implementation.
After all, customers notice your implementation, not your strategy.
Uncover the critical role middle managers play in delivering world-class implementation.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the 2-day module, participants will be able to:
• Understand their role in supporting and guiding their organization’s strategy implementation
• Discover how to deliver world-class implementation
• Uncover tools and techniques to guide employees in taking the right actions that drive successful implementation
• Acquire a comprehensive framework, along with tools, templates, and checklists, to jump-start their implementation efforts
• Test their implementation capabilities through a dynamic business simulation
• Understand the challenges and opportunities of implementing strategy in a digital world
• Sustain momentum by keeping employees engaged throughout the entire implementation journey
• Apply hard-won insights to deliver effective and lasting strategy implementation
Topic/Structure
• Three high-impact implementation practices
• Key roadblocks faced by middle managers
• Implementing strategy in a digital world
• A highly interactive business simulation to test planning and implementation capabilities
• The four ways employees respond to strategy implementation
• Hard-won insights on delivering world-class implementation
• Implementation framework for success
• Assessing an organization's implementation readiness and capabilities
• Using the Implementation Canvas to identify the right actions
• Applying course takeaways to real-world roles and responsibilities
Assessment
Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and have to complete all assessment(s) required by the course. Only upon meeting the minimum attendance and passing the assessment will participants be issued a Certificate of Completion.
Participants who fail the assessment will be given a chance for re-assessment at a fee of SGD100.00 (excluding prevailing GST). Each participant is allowed 1 re-assessment. The re-assessment has to be taken within 7 calendar days from the end of the course date. It will be held on a weekday specified by SMU Academy and conducted during office hours. Please note that re-assessment fees are not supported by SSG Funding.
Participants who meet the minimum attendance rate but do not achieve a pass for the assessment will be issued a Certificate of Participation.
Participants are required to bring their laptop to access the course materials, class exercises and individual assessment(s).
Calculate Programme Fee
Fee Table
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PARTICIPANT PROFILE |
SELF-SPONSORED |
SME |
NON-SME |
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Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+
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$654 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$654 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
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Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
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International Participant |
$2,180 (No Funding) |
$2,180 (No Funding) |
$2,180 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.
Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.
Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.
Company Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
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Additional Details
Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM)
This programme is part of Certified Professional Business Manager. Participants who successfully complete 6 courses/modules with a minimum of 15 training days, from a list of qualifying programmes (terms and conditions apply) within 5 years will receive the Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM). For example:
Please click here for CPBM details and list of qualifying programmes.
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