Strategic Thinking for Beginners

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About this course

Start your journey with strategic thinking through practical examples.

  • 10 lessons
  • 1 h
  • beginner

What you'll learn

  • Define strategic thinking and distinguish it from strategic planning
  • Understand the value of strategic thinking in achieving organizational goals
  • Recognize why strategic thinking is a critical leadership competency
  • Trace the etymological origins of the word 'strategy'
  • Understand how military strategy transformed into business strategy
  • Appreciate the historical depth of strategic thinking principles

Finishing the course

  • 40 knowledge-check questions along the way, so you know the ideas stuck before you move on.
  • Watching is free and needs no account. Sign in to save your progress. Pass each lesson's quiz (60%+) to earn the certificate. Each certificate has its own public verification link to share, marked quiz-verified.
  • Part of the Leadership Development Journey learning path. Enrol in the path and finish its required courses to earn one certificate for all of them.