Do you have space for being strategic?
For thinking, building, and communicating powerful strategies
DO YOU HAVE SPACE FOR BEING STRATEGIC?
The discipline of systematically analysing, critiquing and planning is one of the most difficult practices to hold down in professional life.
Industry disruption is constant. Organisational needs regularly shift. Client demands and team hiccups hit us daily (if not hourly!)
But, what if you could have the support to cut through the distractions and unrelenting pressure?
Paul has delivered dozens of Executive Strategy Workshops for over the past three years. His tool kit can now become yours.
Work with Paul to learn:
how to decide on the challenges worth building a strategy for
how to decipher what needs analysis and what is irrelevant
how to build a consistent decision-making pillar in the face of constant change
how to build a real-world strategy you will apply while in the program
how to communicate for gain buy-in, to gain motivation, and to inspire execution
how to iterate, review and systematically build strategies for years to come
What do you learn?
What do you get?
Coaching
(to support individuals to build their strategic plans)
Monthly 90-minute Strategy Sessions
Unlimited 30-min and 60-min Support Sessions (take your pick!) throughout
Delivered virtually, Paul 'blackboards' your thinking with a sequence of curated frameworks. Sessions are recorded for you to play back and visual summaries follow every session. In this program you have the option to book as many sessions as you require (our schedules are the only restraint).
Email, phone, text support. For the small questions, little updates, prompts, and a safety net if any meltdowns pop up!
Training Workshop
(to support teams to learn strategy building)
Tailored Design of workshop in collaboration with the sponsor
Pre-Workshop Communication for participants to set the scene
Workshop exercises adapted to your industry/roles/cohort size/culture
Summary Report collating the Team's Charter
Debrief meeting to discuss insights, perspectives, and observations
Strategic Facilitation
(to support Executive Teams to build their 1-5 year strategic plans)
Tailored Design of the strategic process in collaboration with the sponsor
Pre-Workshop Communication and exercises for participants to collate insights and data
Human Centered Design and exercises adapted to your industry/roles/cohort size/culture
Summary Report collating the team's Strategy
Debrief meeting to discuss insights, perspectives, and observations
** All participants will be added to The Pursuit Of... An online community on LinkedIn full of people just like you - serious professionals pursuing something worthwhile.
** All participants will be added to The Boot Room. Access to Paul's newsletter with his latest insights and research.
Program Highlights
Accountability
There is no hiding or room for procrastination (or excuses).
You will create.
Validation
Know. Don't wonder if the stuff you are doing is spot on.
Depth
Go beyond the obvious. Test conventional thinking.
Purpose
Drive your work with a laser focus. Eradicate distractions.
Confidence
Build strong robust plans you know are rock solid. Hear it in your voice.
Empowerment
Grow your agency. Elevate others to get involved and step up.
PAUL FARINA
Paul has been a performance and business expert for over a decade to executives, leadership teams and professionals to unleash their work ethic. He knows good hard working professionals have their efforts undermined everyday.
He believes professionals with a strong work ethic can create meaningful fulfilling work without waste or burnout. That leaders can achieve lasting impact with the right practices, frameworks and space to unpack their thinking.
This is why he is obsessed about working with professional people. Those committed to doing worthwhile work and are in it for the long term (not just wanting to survive the next quarter, year, or restructure.)
Paul is passionate about people. And, taking a considered approach to the craziness of our worlds by investing in connection. He empowers you to make solid decisions, communicate powerfully and create constructive and productive environments to do top class work.
He works with hard working dedicated professionals building sustainable careers interested in leading others to do the same. He doesn't work with people wanting to 'ring-the-neck' of a business for short term growth before moving onto the next opportunity.
Paul knows when businesses invest in Return on Effort there is very little that cannot be faced and overcome.
Why It Works
The Strategy Builder program integrates theory with practice.
This isn't just a ubiquitous learning program; its a proven approach for practice and tangible outcomes.
Here is why it is relevant for professionals like you:
The last few years have taught us to expect disruption. Change is upon us all the time with unrelenting constancy.
Reacting and leaning on natural talent is wasteful, stressful and can even harm reputations.
To create and propose well considered strategies is confidence inspiring and maximises finite resources. It is a necessity all boards and C-Suites want in their people.
Wanting to do an MBA?
This gives you the bits you need without the cost and time required to learn theory you'll never use.
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Paul was an amazing tutor, I highly recommend learning from Paul if you are lucky enough to have him teach you leadership skills in any capacity
Shaun Baker
Chief Operations Officer
Good Group Hospitality
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Competent. Engaging. Authentic. This is how I would describe Paul. A consummate expert in delivering high quality content...
Josephine Bianchi
Director of Community Services
Town of Port Hedland
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I found Paul to be engaging, energetic and authentic. He has a warmth and openness that enhances his communication style, and he is able to convey his theories and techniques in a straightforward and practical way without getting lost in jargon or mumbo jumbo.
Thank you so much Paul!
Patrick Denniss
Financial Controller
Aspire Early Learning
Over the past 12 months a common theme has emerged in workshops and coaching programs. Professionals are getting thumped. The unrelenting work demands from below and above (as well as home!) are taking their toll.
Adam Grant, Organisational Psychologist uses the term
Languishing;
“It’s the void between depression and flourishing — the absence of well-being. You don’t have symptoms of mental illness, but you’re not the picture of mental health either.”
You're getting the work done. Surviving to the next challenge.
I've lived it myself, studied it and helped countless hard-working professionals graduate beyond this perennial experience.
A thorough and pragmatic strategic approach with rigor and flexibility changes the way you'll view tasks, interactions and interdependencies.
Paul gets it.
He is a practitioner (a business owner) with 15 years management experience in B2B and B2C, as well as a background in high-performance sport. He has the tools and insights from a decade of going behind-the-curtain of hundreds of companies.
How does Paul know this stuff?
Simply put, he's done it.
He built double-digit growth year-on-year during and after the Global Financial Crisis as a corporate executive
He has built his own business with 50% year-on-year growth using these tools during some of the harshest Covid lockdowns.
He has travelled, built an international career, and established himself as an Author and Performance Expert while suffering long term Glandular Fever (ie. chronic low-energy).
Paul has had this body of work proven back to him by the impact of these strategic frameworks on his students. His workshops on this subject continue to book out and intakes for coaching programs become tougher to gain access to every year.
Why this work is critical.
You may be a Director, Senior Leader, or Department Head wanting to cut-the-nonsense in 2024 and crack on. Or, 'up the tempo' without putting in 50-70 hour weeks. Why delay another year to set up your strategic approach?
You may be a HR Professional, Learning and Development Leader, or Professional Development Executive for your business looking for a way to support your leaders to be more strategic?
You may want to hoover up the entire intake. That happens sometimes!
WHY PAUL?
What are you waiting for?
Don't miss this moment to shift the trajectory of your year (and years to come).
Register and prepare to embark on a transformative experience you'll leverage for the next decade.
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