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BECOMING A STRATEGY MASTER
NORTHEAST FLORIDA CHAPTER
(PREVIEW)
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
JACKSONVILLE, FL.
Presented by: Anderson Francis Gordon
Anderson Gordon & Associates
Do you belong here?
Can you ever aspire to be
among these leaders?
What can you do??
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What’s in a leader?
“Outstanding leaders combine good strategic
substance and effective interpersonal
processes and implement strategies that
produce results and sustainable competitive
advantage”
Petrick et. al. 1999, Academy of Management Executive
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Let’s Explore the Strategic
Dimension Today!
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But what is strategy?
Let’s search…
When: Thursday, September 29th 8am - 5pm
Where: ITT Technical Institute, 701 A.C. Skinner Parkway
#140, Jacksonville, FL 32256
Strategy is…
Chess-Leadership Model
If somehow…we can find a way to transform
leadership situations into chess elements and
vice versa…then we can use Chess Grandmaster
principles to improve the strategic thinking of
leaders, even those who are non-chess players
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Chess Pieces
In this workshop
we will explore
the chessleadership
transform…
Here is a sample
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1946 Research
-But how exactly do chess
Grandmasters think?
-In 1946 Dutch psychologist,
De Groot, conducted a
brilliant experiment which
tried to explore this
issue…what did he find?
Dutch psychologist, De Groot
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Let’s Pause for a Story
Key points
1. Set in 1995
2. Build South Africa
3. Post-apartheid era
4. Fear…&…Hatred
5. People love sports
Watch the movie Invictus for more…
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Vision
So leaders have
vision…
They seize
opportunities which
others overlook
How many faces do
you see?
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Workshop Sessions
include
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Reviewing theory on Leadership
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Crafting a practical, easy to remember, definition of strategy
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Exploring the chess-leadership transform
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Applying chess principles to leadership & strategic thinking
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Breaking common myths about strategy (and find out why Netflix was on this slide!!
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Playing a leadership Game 
Join us…Sept 29
Let us grow as leaders as we explore
Principles of Strategic Thinking