Leadership and ManagementCorporate Strategy and Business Transformation
Corporate strategy is a different job from business unit strategy: it decides which businesses to be in and how the centre earns its cost, and a centre that cannot answer the second question is overhead. This course addresses that level. Delegates work through portfolio strategy and the fund, hold and exit decisions that shape a group, the parenting advantage a corporate centre must actually provide, and capital allocation across competing units. Growth options are covered: organic, acquisition, partnership and their honest success rates. Transformation follows, including the sequencing and the operating model change a new strategy requires. Group structure, shared services and the tension with unit autonomy are addressed. The course closes on communicating a corporate strategy to investors and staff, and on the discipline of divesting.
Course objectives
- Make fund, hold and exit decisions across a portfolio
- Establish the parenting advantage the corporate centre provides
- Allocate capital across competing business units
- Compare organic, acquisition and partnership growth honestly
- Sequence a transformation and change the operating model with it
- Balance shared services against business unit autonomy
- Communicate strategy externally and apply the discipline of divesting
Who should attend
- Chief executives and managing directors
- Corporate strategy and business development directors
- Group and divisional heads in multi business organisations
- Board members responsible for strategic oversight
Course outline
- 01How the centre earns its cost
- 02Portfolio strategy and fund, hold, exit
- 03Parenting advantage
- 04Capital allocation across units
- 05Organic, acquisition and partnership growth
- 06Transformation sequencing
- 07Operating model and group structure
- 08Shared services, communication and divestment
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 to 23 October 2026 | Durban, South Africa | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 2 to 4 December 2026 | Online | Online | R6,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 21 to 23 December 2026 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 8 to 10 February 2027 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Classroom | USD 995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 22 to 24 March 2027 | Cape Town, South Africa | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | Register Now |