Innovate, Collaborate, Excel

Join us for a one-day intensive on deep thinking and strategic planning for 2025. Prepare now for what's next by enhancing your team's strategic thinking abilities and achieving tangible outcomes.

Who Is This Program For?

CEOS and Senior Executives who:

are from various sectors (government, not-for-profit, private sector, IT, construction/engineering/architecture, retail, hospitality)
struggle to do the deep thinking strategic work while juggling day to day demands
sail close to the wind with burnout, stress management, and massive workloads preventing deep strategic work
would value time out, away from the desk and interruptions, to get a fresh perspective.

The Challenges You Face

Geosecurity: Cybersecurity threats, data breaches, intellectual property theft
Cost of Living: Managing employee expectations, impact on operational costs
Interest Rates: Impact on borrowing, financial planning challenges
Elections: Political uncertainty, policy changes
ESG and DEI: Implementing sustainable practices, creating an inclusive culture
Ethical Business: Balancing profitability with ethics, building a positive reputation
Silos: Lack of cross-department communication and collaboration
Strategic Thinking: Limited capacity and inconsistent practices
Exponential Thinking: Struggling to innovate, resistance to change.

Your Opportunity

Why Now?

It's the end of the year, a critical time to prepare for what's ahead. With local and global elections and economic pressures, it's essential to be ready for the new year and not leave planning to the last minute or avoid it altogether.

Do the big picture thinking that often gets swept to the side: we’ll take the time to consider big picture drivers, trends affecting business, and opportunities that might otherwise be hidden.

Why attend?

Enhanced Strategic Thinking:
- Develop the ability to think strategically and create a clear vision for 2025.
- Learn techniques to balance day-to-day operations with long-term planning.
Improved Collaboration:
- Build collaborative capabilities within your team to enhance communication and cooperation.
- Break down silos and foster a culture of teamwork.
Effective Leadership Skills:
- Gain insights into leading through change and navigating complex business landscapes.
- Strengthen your leadership presence and influence.
Practical Tools and Frameworks:
- Learn practical tools and frameworks for setting and achieving measurable goals.
- Design successful work experiments to drive innovation and improvement.
Results-Oriented Approach:
- Clarify desired outcomes for your organisation and develop actionable measures to achieve them.
- Identify key tasks and priorities to ensure strategic objectives are met.
Networking Opportunities:
- Connect with other CEOs and senior leaders across various industries.
- Share experiences and gain new perspectives on common challenges.
Resilience and Adaptability:
- Enhance your organisation's resilience to external pressures and internal challenges.
- Adapt strategies to stay ahead of market competition and technological disruptions.
Comprehensive Learning Experience:
- Participate in interactive sessions, group activities, and practical exercises.
- Benefit from expert facilitators with extensive experience in strategic leadership.
Reflective Review:
- Take time out to review what’s working and identify areas for adjustment.
- Develop strategies to optimise performance and outcomes.
Building Bridges:
- Focus on building bridges within the organisation rather than creating silos.
- Foster a culture of open communication and cooperation.

Why Work with Zoë Routh?

I'm passionate about preparing now for a future by design. I love strategic thinking and I revel in working with big thinking teams. I have decades (nearly forty years!) of working with diverse teams from various backgrounds, industries and sectors. I have a healthy approach to risk, taking a tempered approach, while still being willing to experiment, try new things, and learn.

AGENDA Highlights

Morning Session:

Introduction and welcome - meet your fellow big thinkers
Context and Data Analysis: what’s the landscape like for 2025? What are the issues/ trends/drivers we need to contend with? Learn the Futures Triangle.
Causal Layered Analysis (CLA): practical strategic thinking session to analyse our current challenges
Clarify results: what are the outcomes you want to drill down on for 2025?

Afternoon Session:

Design a Successful Work Experiment: you and your team will take a nimble, approach to responding to the tides of change. We will walk you through a successful experiment design, so you can hit the ground running once you leave the workshop, with a practical project to dig into.
Collaboration Capability: with the Collaboration Checklist, we will make sure your team is ready to overcome silos and work better together. A practical session to uncover challenges and troubleshoot power games and other hurdles in collaboration.

Inclusions

Pre-workshop webinar: Future of Work Trends for 2025 - fast-track your research as I share my latest research with you
Pre-workshop Challenge Assessment: A quick survey to assess and clarify your current challenges so we can tailor the workshop for you
Workbook with checklists, worksheets, resources, book and podcast recommendations to deepen your knowledge and skills and for ongoing reference afterwards
Evergreen skills-building videos: on how to develop measures, causal layered analysis, futures triangle
Fully catered in a beautiful setting:thirty minutes from Canberra CBD, Tharwa offers a tranquil setting by the Murrumbidgee in the historic homestead of Cuppacumbalong.

FAQs

FAQ 1: How can taking a full day away from work benefit my team and me?

Answer: Investing one day away from the daily grind allows for uninterrupted big picture thinking in an inspiring environment. This day will set the course for your year and enhance your team's strategic capabilities for a lifetime.

FAQ 2: How will the workshop cater to my specific organisational challenges?

Answer: By providing reflection and preview materials beforehand, we tailor the workshop to address your specific challenges and ensure there is dedicated time to apply learnings directly to your context.

FAQ 3: What tangible results can I expect from attending the workshop?

Answer: Expect to leave with a fully planned work experiment targeting a current challenge or opportunity. Your team will gain valuable insights into collaboration pitfalls and strategic thinking tools to drive future success.

FAQ 4: How is this workshop different from other leadership programs?

Answer: This workshop focuses on applied learning in your real-world context, targeting your business outcomes. Led by Zoë Routh, a seasoned facilitator and leadership futurist with decades of experience, it ensures practical and impactful results.

FAQ 5: Will the workshop provide actionable insights?

Answer: Absolutely! You will leave with a fully planned workplace experiment, a robust methodology for reviewing strategy and trends, collaboration tips, and valuable insights into the business landscape for 2025.

FAQ 6: Will there be opportunities to network with other attendees?

Answer: Yes, Zoë's workshops attract leaders from diverse sectors, offering you the chance to build cross-industry connections and engage in confidential conversations with peers facing similar challenges.

FAQ 7: Will there be any follow-up support or resources after the workshop?

Answer: Attendees will be the first able to join the PIONEER COLLECTIVE: quarterly round tables with fellow senior leaders to the big picture thinking needed to stay strategic, not reactive, while working towards their strategic goals.

FAQ 8: Are there testimonials from past attendees?

Answer: Yes, we have numerous testimonials from past attendees who have benefited greatly from our workshops.

Iliada Bolton
Director of Business and Governance at Bega Valley Shire

“I would recommend Zoë for all Local Government Senior Staff. The practical tools and workshops to develop measurable strategy, define and improve culture or get insights from futurist thinking, to name just a few, gives me the professional edge that sees progress across multiple levels in which I play.”

Graeme Kruger
Executive Director at Rice Growers' Association Australia

“The RGA Executive Director and Chair also worked directly with Zoë to clarify strategic direction and improve communication strategies. We are delighted with Zoë’s down to earth, friendly approach that delivers real results and we intend to hire her again as a trainer and facilitator.”

Susan Davidson
CEO, Australian Diabetes
Educators' Association

“Zoë’s facilitation of our strategy session enabled us to develop a clearer and more concise strategy for the coming years.”

Rob Evans
CEO at AllBids

“Zoë always provides challenging and intellectually rigorous content. It is so valuable talking issues through with other leaders and sharing our leadership experiences.”

Investment

Early Bird: $495 incl GST per person (ends 28 Sept 2024)
Regular: $825 incl GST per person (ends 31 October 2024)
Last Minute: $1650 incl GST per person (ends 6 Nov 2024)

Want to bring your team? Group bookings available for teams of three or more (save 15% on ticket price). Just email me zoe@zoerouth.com for details and invoice.

SPACES ARE LIMITED: Only 30 spots available so book now!

Facilitator:

Guided by Zoë Routh, leadership futurist, multiple award-winning author, strategist, and podcaster. Zoë shows CEOs and their teams how to navigate the future.