“Whether it is a Strategic Decision Making Simulation or executive coaching, LSA Global focuses on understanding our business situation and helping us succeed.
I would highly recommend LSA Global as a top quality resource to anyone looking to greatly improve the skills of their leadership, management, and project teams.”
Bonnie S. Olson | VP Human Resources | Lutheran Social Services
“The best simulation for giving a birds-eye view of operations.”
Magnus Aniander | Senior Leadership Development | Toyota
“We required every Oracle USA sales representative to take this Strategic Decision Making Simulation. It was exceptional.”
Sales Manager | Oracle
“You know the program is effective when people from manufacturing, sales, and marketing become sensitive to each other’s needs and understand how the other operation works.”
Manager | 3M
Description
This proven 1.5 to 2-day Strategic Decision Making Simulation workshop helps team to pull in the same direction, build cross-functional alignment, and develop a big picture understanding for more effective strategic decision-making.
In this highly experiential strategic decision making simulation, teams manage their own capital-intensive companies and compete for the same customers in a rapidly changing marketplace. Participants act as finance, production, marketing, and corporate intelligence.
Teams of 4 to 6 must take over a company, grow with scarce resources, battle for positions, and improve profitability — in good times and bad. It’s a customizable and dynamic challenge of analysis, strategy, execution, and navigation to collectively make the right investments at the right time.
Most leaders call this comprehensive simulation a “micro-MBA” for their decision-making teams in the areas of strategic planning, teamwork, and business finance.
Objectives
With hundreds of operational and strategic decisions to make under heavy competitive pressure, teams are challenged to make tough choices with limited resources and demanding time constraints. In this proven decision-making simulation, participants gain:
Typical decisions participants face include when to invest, how many markets to pursue, whether to develop new products or maintain existing ones, if it makes sense to be a market leader or an early follower, and when to enter markets.
Target Audience
Executives, senior leaders, high-potential managers, cross-functional teams, and emerging leaders responsible for driving business results who want to develop their business strategy skills, analytical thinking, decision-making, and financial acumen.
To speak with an LSA Expert and learn about business simulation program customization and delivery options onsite at your company, please contact us.
A strategic decision making simulation is an interactive business exercise that places participants in realistic leadership scenarios where they must analyze data, evaluate tradeoffs, collaborate under pressure, and make critical and enterprise-wide business decisions. Unlike traditional classroom learning, experiential simulations allow leaders to practice strategic thinking and decision-making skills in a dynamic, risk-free environment that mirrors real-world business complexity.
Strategic decision making simulations are especially valuable for executives, senior leaders, high-potential managers, cross-functional teams, and emerging leaders responsible for driving strategic business results. Organizations often use simulations to strengthen strategic alignment, improve enterprise thinking, accelerate leadership readiness, and help teams navigate uncertainty with greater confidence and agility.
Participants strengthen a broad range of leadership and business capabilities, including strategic thinking, prioritization, risk assessment, financial acumen, collaboration, communication, scenario planning, and decision-making under uncertainty. Simulations also help leaders recognize how short-term choices can impact long-term organizational performance, customer outcomes, and competitive positioning.
Strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high- and low-growth companies. Research consistently shows that experiential learning accelerates skill retention and behavioral change more effectively than passive learning alone. Strategic decision making simulations help leaders practice applying business frameworks in realistic situations, which improves judgment, execution, and cross-functional collaboration. Organizations often use simulations to align leaders around strategy, improve adaptability, and increase organizational agility during periods of growth, transformation, or market disruption.
Traditional training often focuses on concepts and theory, while simulations immerse participants in realistic business challenges that require active problem-solving and decision-making. This experiential approach increases engagement, strengthens critical thinking, and helps leaders immediately connect learning to real business situations. Simulations also create opportunities for reflection, feedback, and team-based learning that reinforce lasting behavior change.
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