The Strategic Performance Program of
The Systems Management Institute
Many professional skills are better mastered by engaging them in action rather than by merely studying them. Action begets proficiency, abstract learning often begets confusion and isolation. This is especially the case with the practical skills of leading, managing, coaching and consulting, the formative components of Strategic Performance. All of these skills are best mastered through the generous use of numerous examples and actual problem solving experiences. Only through the requisite passage of time and the endurance of the learner’s struggle can you attain the insights and intuitions that enable you to see the critical nature of Strategic Performance and the need for action learning, that is, Learning-by-Doing.
Learning-by-Doing is essential to achieving
Strategic Performance at the highest levels.
The Strategic Performance Program (SPP) of The Systems Management Institute provides a safe environment in which you can Learn-by-Doing. In Strategic Performance, learning by example and experience is the crucial element in achieving competitive leverage. In fact, without doing Strategic Performance it may be impossible to understand Strategic Performance. Learning about the history, structure, methodology, and descriptions of Strategic Performance by reading the works of major experts, writers, and critics has its place in establishing the professional context of modern management. This is essential in grasping the depth and implications of Strategic Performance. However, without engaging in Strategic Performance, the fundamental thrust and importance of Strategic Performance will be misunderstood or missed altogether. Safely engaging in Strategic Performance as the way to mastering Strategic Performance requires a laboratory in which targeted experience experiments are made possible through a carefully designed environment of action learning.
The virtual-learning program of Systems Management Institute overcomes many of the difficulties associated with improving Strategic Performance by stressing from the beginning the doing, the actual practice of Strategic Performance. The methods of Strategic Performance will be demonstrated by way of undertaking a special set of action assignments and thought breaks embedded in powerful learning content. Strategic Performance is to be taught and enhanced here by way of experience experiments based on actual practice derived from historical projects in the real world of business competition.
The current acceptance of the term Strategic Performance, and the private jargon of specialized language that describes it, is not necessarily helpful to either the learner or the practitioner. Experience has taught us that the mere recognition of terms often leads one to a false sense of security gained from a superficial understanding of their meaning. This further contributes to the building of a confused mind cluttered with the debris of misunderstandings and criticisms arising from these misunderstandings. Since it is now the case with professional managers that Strategic Performance is recognized as a major area of competitive concern, The Systems Management Institute has developed its Strategic Performance Program to offer a fully blended approach to mastering the hidden skills of Strategic Performance.
Our Strategic Performance Program consists of four components of success: (1) Seminars and workshops designed to build the coaching and consulting skills and techniques required by all leaders & managers; (2) Virtual-Learning courses derived from actual practice in very challenging environments, (3) Assessments and development programs designed to build the core soft-skills of leaders, managers, and teams, and (4) targeted coaching and consulting seervices intended to reinforce the rapid mastery of new skills and learning. .