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Strategic Thinking and Business Acumen for Managers

Many capable managers get stuck in day to day firefighting and never lift their eyes to the bigger picture. This course develops the strategic thinking and commercial understanding that allow managers to connect their work to the wider goals of the organisation. Participants learn to read the business environment, understand how their company makes money, and make choices that create value.

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What you will be able to do

  • Distinguish strategic thinking from operational and tactical work.
  • Interpret the market, competitor and customer forces shaping the business.
  • Understand how your organisation creates and captures value.
  • Connect team activities to broader organisational strategy.
  • Apply simple frameworks to analyse business situations and options.
  • Make resource and priority decisions with a commercial mindset.

Course outline

  1. 01From Operational to Strategic Thinking
  2. 02Reading the Business Environment
  3. 03How Your Organisation Makes Money
  4. 04Value Creation and Competitive Advantage
  5. 05Frameworks for Business Analysis
  6. 06Linking Team Work to Strategy
  7. 07Commercial Decision Making
  8. 08Developing Your Strategic Perspective

Who should attend

This course suits middle managers, functional heads and high potential specialists who want to think and contribute more strategically.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
5 to 7 Oct 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Durban3R13,000Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Online3US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Next session
5 to 9 Oct 2026
Venue
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5 day programme
FromR18,000
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