Strategic Thinking

Learning Level: Strategic Leader
Format: Half-Day (3hr)
Delivery: Virtual
Online

Great contact centre leaders shape what comes next by seeing beyond the immediate and focusing on what truly matters. This course strengthens your ability to think ahead, connect ideas and make confident, purposeful decisions, giving you the clarity to influence direction, spot opportunities early and deliver meaningful impact.

Many people work hard but struggle to connect their day-to-day efforts to the bigger picture. As a result, time is often spent reacting to what feels urgent rather than focusing on what will have the greatest impact. This can make it difficult to prioritise effectively, make confident decisions, or influence outcomes in a meaningful way.

This learning experience helps you step back, think more strategically, and bring greater clarity to your role. It is designed to help you slow down your thinking so you can speed up your results. You will explore how to analyse situations more effectively, consider different perspectives, weigh up options and identify what truly matters when everything feels important. The focus is on moving from reactive thinking to purposeful action, enabling you to make better decisions with greater confidence.

Through practical exercises, real scenarios, and proven frameworks, you will leave with a mindset that you can apply directly to your day-to-day contact centre management work, helping you bridge the gap between thinking and doing. You will feel more confident stepping back from the noise, clearer on what really matters, and better equipped to make decisions that create impact rather than just activity.

Course Content

  • What is strategic thinking? Understand what it means and how it shows up in everyday leadership decisions
  • Big picture awareness: Learn to step back and see how your role connects to wider organisational goals
  • Structured thinking models: Use simple frameworks to organise thinking and approach complex challenges with clarity
  • SWOT analysis in action: Apply SWOT to real scenarios to assess position, uncover risks and identify opportunities
  • Decision making techniques: Explore practical techniques to weigh options and make informed, confident choices
  • Prioritisation frameworks: Focus on what matters most by evaluating impact, effort and long term value
  • Scenario planning basics: Consider different future possibilities and plan how you would respond in each case
  • Turning strategy into action: Translate strategic ideas into clear, focused actions that deliver meaningful results
  • Influencing through strategy: Communicate your thinking in a way that builds confidence and gains support from others
  • Reflective thinking habits: Build simple habits that help you regularly pause, review and think more strategically over time

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand what strategic thinking looks like in practice and how to apply it day to day
  • Analyse situations with greater depth to identify opportunities, risks and priorities
  • Use structured thinking models to bring clarity and direction to complex challenges
  • Make confident, well reasoned decisions that align with wider goals
  • Prioritise activity based on impact rather than urgency or habit
  • Communicate strategic ideas clearly to influence thinking and gain buy in
  • Build consistent habits that strengthen your ability to think ahead and act with purpose

Who should attend?

Leaders ready to sharpen their strategic thinking skills

What will you learn?

Strengthen influence, improve decision making and operate more effectively at a strategic level

How much is it?

£300 + VAT for members, £375 + VAT for non-members

Format Info

Group discount

Additional discounts available for group bookings

Who is it for?

Leaders ready to sharpen their strategic thinking skills

Why should you go?

Strengthen influence, improve decision making and operate more effectively at a strategic level

How much is it?

£300 + VAT for members, £375 + VAT for non-members

What delegates sy

“There were lots of opportunities to discuss things as a group and the guidance around discussions/activities was clear. Everybody was involved and the session was well paced. Jenifer made sure everybody had equal opportunities to talk.”
Heath Winsbury, Team Leader, Boots

“I really enjoyed the breakout sessions and talking to people from different sectors. It was great to realise that many of us are navigating similar challenges. The balance between the trainer speaking and the breakout sessions and use of models was great. I will be using the change one thing model, it will really help me.”
Michelle Kirlew, CX Team Lead, Nestlé Purina

Meet the Trainer

Jennifer Lord

Jenifer Lord

Jenifer Lord is a highly skilled Coach and facilitator who has worked with many prestigious clients and organisations all over the UK and in South Africa, India and USA. Having gained most of her experience over many years leading teams in fast paced multi-million turnover organisations, Jenifer blends strong commerciality and outstanding customer focus with a revolutionary way of thinking. She is a qualified NLP Practitioner as well as a Hypnotherapist and is qualified to use several psychometric profiling tools including MBTI and TMSDI.

Her passion for understanding what makes people tick led her to study Psychology, Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for stress reduction as well as Mindfulness.

As a lover of life Jenifer understands that the key to success in both life and business is through people.

Upcoming Dates

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Tue 10 Nov 2026
9:00 – 12:00
Thu 18 Feb 2027
9:00 – 12:00

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