Unlock the Secrets of Three Kingdoms Business Strategies to Master the Eight Trigram Framework

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Course Objectives

In this 1-day Unlock the Secrets of Three Kingdoms Business Strategies to Master the Eight Trigram Framework Workshop you will learn:

• Introduce the Eight Trigrams of Management as a holistic organisational framework.
• Enable participants to articulate and align leadership, vision, mission, and core values within their teams.
• Provide practical tools and methodologies for effective management across eight critical organisational areas.
• Empower leaders to integrate traditional wisdom with contemporary business practices for sustainable success.
• Facilitate experiential learning through group work, role-play, and real-world case analyses.

Course Outline

Core Leaders & Leadership

• Why ancient war strategies are still relevant in today’s context
• Defining core leadership within the Eight Trigrams framework
• Leadership styles: Understanding the Leadership Styles of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang

Vision, Mission & Core Values

• Crafting a unifying vision and mission
• Embedding core values: The DNA of resilient organisations

The Eight Trigrams Framework

• Overview of the eight approaches and their symbolic meanings
• Mapping the trigrams to organisational functions and business growth stages

The Eight Trigrams in Action

• People & Capability Management – Hiring for fit, skills development and succession planning
• Market & Brand Management – Gathering competitive insights and building a trusted brand
• Money & Product – Ensuring strategic liquidity and fiscal health, funding growth and product innovation
• Resilience & Delivery – Building resilient supply chains and scaling operations efficiently

Synthesis & Closing

• Connecting all trigrams: The integrated management map
• Tie back to 3K lessons and achieving sustainable success from a holistic strategy
• Reinforce the bigger picture
• One challenge or takeaway for all participants