The document outlines selection criteria for a strategic thinking role, including questions about: - Previous experience developing strategic directions, communicating plans, and aligning operations to strategic goals. - Anticipating long term risks and solutions. - Championing vision and unifying an organization. - Considering future challenges in the political, economic, social and technological landscape and positioning the organization accordingly. - Issues that will inform long term decision making and potential changes to operations. - Tools for monitoring and planning for the future.

1. Selection Criteria
Shapes
Strategic
Thinking
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2. • inspires a sense of purpose and direction
• focuses strategically
• harnesses information and opportunities
• shows judgement, intelligence and
commonsense
From
Integrated Leadership System
http://www.apsc.gov.au/ils/index.html#downloads

3. At different
leadership levels
Increasing
• length
• breadth
• complexity
of strategic thinking required.

4. In your previous roles:
• What were the contemporary and future
challenges/trends?
• What documents, and forums established the
strategic directions?
• How did you engage and communicate with others to
support the strategic outcomes?
• What actions did you take to ensure operational tasks
were aligned to the strategic goals?
• What long term risks did you anticipate? Find
solutions for?
• How did you develop strategic goals, champion the
vision and unify your organisation?

5. In the role you
are applying for:
What are the
contemporary and
future challenges:
• Political
• Economic
• Social
• Technological

6. • How can the organisation best position itself
to meet future challenges?
• What are the long term issues which will
inform the organisation’s current decisions?
• What different ways of operation may be
needed in the future?
• What tools/resources will you use to monitor
and plan for the future?

7. I recommend that you
view the SlideShare
presentation by Maree
Conway titled ‘Strategic
Thinking: Strategy’s
Orphan’
at
http://www.slideshare.net/mkconway/str
ategic-thinking-environmental-scanning-
presentation

8. Thank you for viewing this slide show.
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