How to Lead Growth When Strategy Can’t Keep up with Change
Drawing on her work on transient advantage, strategic inflection points, and innovation, Rita McGrath explores how leaders can drive growth when traditional strategy can no longer keep pace with change.
Overview
Even strong organizations can lose momentum when they rely on outdated assumptions about industries, competitors, and long-term stability.
This webinar, led by Rita McGrath, academic director of our Leading Strategic Growth and Change program, offers a practical lens for leading through uncertainty, including how to think beyond static strategy cycles, build portfolios of strategic options, and identify emerging opportunities before the future is fully clear. McGrath also discusses the growing importance of proprietary data, rapid organizational learning, and strategic centering as sources of advantage in an increasingly dynamic business environment.
Key Takeaways
In this recorded session, you will:
- Gain a sharper understanding of how strategy has evolved in a world where competitive advantage is increasingly temporary
- Explore practical approaches for leading growth amid uncertainty, including portfolio thinking, options-based investing, and disciplined experimentation
- Learn how strategic centering can help leaders align priorities, accelerate decision-making, and build future-ready capabilities
- Examine why proprietary data, rapid learning, and unique organizational insight are becoming critical sources of differentiation
- Reflect on how leaders can align time, attention, and agendas with the strategic priorities that matter most
Webinar Speaker
Rita McGrath
Academic Director in Executive Education
Author, Seeing Around Corners and The End of Competitive Advantage
Related Program
$12,600
Leading Strategic Growth and Change
5 CIBE Credits
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