Executive SOS

Executive SOS tells you about the 7 steps to set up your own Strategic Operating System so you can transform your leadership capacity from Achiever to Strategist and join the ranks of the top 5% of Executive Leaders. It shows you how you can transcend conventional operating norms that have you stuck on a treadmill and break free to become an inspiring strategic leader. The book includes a series of case studies so that you can see what a transformational difference it made to seven senior executive coaching clients. Every intelligent, successful, regular Senior Executive has the latent capacity to operate as a strategic inspiring leader. It's just obsolete organizational operating processes and practices that are holding you back. Executive SOS shows you how you can transcend conventional operating norms to unlock your creativity, double your productivity, empower your people, engage your stakeholders, lift your profile and achieve breakthrough results!I first engineered and piloted the Executive Strategic Operating System while I was leading an organizational transformation for a business with 1000 people. It was highly successful. People Engagement lifted by 30% within 6 months and performance improvement followed. Since then I developed the system while coaching 50+ Senior Executives in Strategic Leadership over the course of 2-3 years. Based on the common challenges and aspirations of my clients, the 7 Steps were distilled and fine-tuned. They are:1. Run the SCHEDULE with a Dynamic Diary RhythmGet off the treadmill and discover exactly how to give strategic content priority in your diary by optimizing your brain and will power. VISION2. Define the SCOPE with a Transformational Strategic AgendaLearn how to set a Purpose Statement, high level KPIs and the essential transformational Strategic Shifts in Performance and Culture3. Set the SCENE with a Major Milestones RoadmapDiscover the perspective of a bird's eye view over all Strategic Initiatives while streamlining their rollout based on interconnects and audiencesVALUES4. Create the STYLE with a Values-based Leadership CultureFind out how to select a strategic set of values that will activate leadership development and enable you to create a culture by design rather than default5. Know the SCORE with Cascading Team ChartersSee how the whole picture rolls out across your Divisions and Teams with a single song sheet that keeps everyone in synch and builds community. VOICE6. Step Up On STAGE with a Compelling Signature PresentationLearn how to articulate what you really think and aspire to just below your conscious awareness so that you become an advocate rather than a reporter. 7. Leverage SCALE with Orchestrated Stakeholder EngagementDiscover the power of authentic concerted wide engagement across all stakeholders so that you can build momentum towards a shared campaign. Implementing these 7 Steps will enable you to articulate your Vision, live your Values and release your Voice to the world. You will be able to make the quantum shift to becoming a strategic inspiring leader by transcending the chaos and rising above the noise. You will find out how to realize your highest aspirations and leave a legacy that you can be rightfully proud of and humbled by. All the very best,Antoinette Braks