Turn Your Strategic Plan into Steady, Visible Progress

Most leadership teams don’t struggle to create a strategic plan.

They struggle to keep it alive once the planning session ends.

Meetings drift.
Trade-offs stay vague.
Priorities blur.

The plan exists — but it isn’t shaping day-to-day decisions.

Leading Strategy Execution gives you structured conversation guides you can bring into your next leadership meeting so your team can focus, decide, and move forward together.

This is not theory.

It’s a practical way to have better strategic conversations — consistently.


The program is organized around the types of conversations leadership teams need to have regularly to sustain a strategic plan.

You will work through structured prompts and examples that help you:

  • Narrow priorities when everything feels urgent

  • Work through trade-offs clearly

  • Clarify ownership and next steps

  • Connect weekly work back to the strategic plan

  • Keep progress visible across the team

Each section is designed to be used in your existing leadership meetings.

Who This Is For

This program is designed for leadership teams who:

  • Already have a strategic plan

  • Want meetings that feel more focused

  • Need clearer decisions and visible follow-through

  • Are responsible for coordinating work across functions

It supports teams that want to work their plan consistently.

Core Conversation Areas

The program focuses on five areas that affect execution over time

Protecting Focus

Keeping priorities narrow and clear.

Making Trade-Offs

Moving from broad agreement to specific decisions.

Clarifying Ownership

Making responsibility visible and understood.

Working Through Tension

Addressing disagreement directly and productively.

Reconnecting to the Plan

Bringing conversations back to what the strategic plan sets out to accomplish.

Each section includes prompts and examples you can bring directly into a meeting.

What’s Included

  • Self-paced video guidance

  • Structured meeting prompts

  • Conversation guides

  • Decision templates

  • Downloadable reference materials

  • Ongoing updates

The program fits into meetings you already hold.

Outcomes Leaders Experience

When leadership conversations become more structured:

  • Meetings feel more focused

  • Decisions are clearer

  • Ownership is easier to track

  • Progress is more visible

The strategic plan remains active instead of becoming a reference document.



Modules & Workshops

    1. Welcome & How to Use the Strategy Leadership Accelerator

    2. Self Assessment - Rate your strategy execution skills

    3. Submit a Question for Live Sessions

    1. Team Development Stages

    2. Team Charter

    3. Team Charter Template

    4. Goal Setting & Action Planning

    5. Roles & Responsibilities

    6. Accountability (RASCI Matrix)

    7. Communication and Collaboration

    8. Mapping Communication Activity

    1. Leading Effective Meetings

    2. Monthly Check-Ins

    3. Quarterly Strategy Review

    4. Tracking, Monitoring & Reporting

    5. Goal & Action Tracker

    6. Goal & Action Tracker

    7. Project Management

    8. Project Charter Template

    9. Project Prioritization

    10. Project Prioritization Template

    1. Values & Behaviors (Part I)

    2. Values & Behaviors (Part II)

    3. Preparing for Change

    4. Preparing for Change Template

    5. Implementing Change

    6. Stakeholder Mapping & Engagement

    1. Ongoing Reference & Feedback

    1. Setting your strategic plan up for success - Past recording

    2. Setting Your Strategy Up for Execution- Past recording
  • Have better conversations about what matters most
  • Work better as a team
  • Execute strategy more consistently

Your facilitator

Anthony Taylor

Anthony C. Taylor is the CEO and Senior Facilitator at SME Strategy. For more than 15 years, he has worked with leadership teams across North America and Europe to help organizations create alignment, strengthen leadership, and execute strategy with clarity. Anthony is known for his practical, collaborative approach and his ability to translate strategy into real-world leadership action.