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Captain Strategy · Leadership Capability Programme

B.A.S.E.
Business Acumen for Strategic Excellence

A one-day intensive that gives first-time GCC unit and function heads the business fluency their technical expertise alone doesn't provide — built on the same six-dimension framework behind our GCC Capability Architecture Assessment™.

1 Day Intensive
6 Core Modules
For Emerging Leaders
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Why This Programme

Most first-time GCC unit and function heads are promoted for technical excellence — and then find themselves in rooms where the conversation is about mandate, budget, stakeholder trust, and enterprise priorities. Nobody taught them that language. B.A.S.E.™ closes that gap in a single day, using the same six lenses Captain Strategy uses to diagnose GCC maturity — so participants leave able to think and speak like the strategic partner their centre needs them to become.

“Technical competence gets you promoted into the room. Business acumen is what lets you shape what happens inside it.”

Who This Is For

Ideal Participants

  • First-time GCC unit or function heads, newly promoted or within their first 12 months
  • High-potential managers being groomed for their first GCC leadership role
  • Teams preparing to move up the CCMM™ maturity curve toward Strategic Partner status

What Participants Walk Away With

  • A working vocabulary for mandate, capability, governance, and business impact
  • A personal action plan mapped to their own centre's current maturity stage
  • Practical frameworks they can use in their very next stakeholder conversation

The Six Modules

Each module mirrors one dimension of Captain Strategy's GCC Capability Architecture Assessment™ — so participants who've taken the Assessment arrive with a personalised starting point, and everyone leaves with a shared language across all six.

Module 1

Strategic Mandate & Enterprise Integration

Understanding why your centre exists strategically, not just operationally — and how to read what your mandate actually permits.

Module 2

Capability & Knowledge

The difference between doing the work and owning it — and why that distinction determines what gets sent to your centre next.

Module 3

Operating Model & Governance

How autonomy is actually earned inside a global enterprise, and the governance signals that either build or erode trust.

Module 4

Leadership Conduct & Executive Presence

Applying Captain Strategy's R.E.S.P.E.C.T.™ conduct system to show up credibly in high-stakes global conversations.

Module 5

Digital Maturity

Positioning your team as a co-owner of the enterprise's technology direction, not simply a consumer of what HQ decides.

Module 6

Business Value Creation & Strategic Influence

Making your centre's contribution visible in terms the enterprise actually measures — and building the case for indispensability.

Format

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Duration
One Day (8 Hours)
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Delivery
In-Person, On-Site
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Programme Size
Up to 25 Participants
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Format
Modules + Case Discussion

Download the Programme Brochure

Learn more about B.A.S.E.™—including the programme structure, learning outcomes, delivery format, participant materials, and programme investment.

Questions? Email sivaram@captainstrategy.in