Strategy formulation
Move from market analysis to a clear, defensible strategic position.
Corporate strategy, business model, capability, alliances. CEO-altitude judgment calls.
What you'll decide
KPIs you'll manage
Skills you'll build
Every Boardroom builds Strategy & Leadership judgment AND the universal decision-making skills below.
Strategy & Leadership skills
Move from market analysis to a clear, defensible strategic position.
Build, test, and pivot business models against competitive and regulatory pressure.
Decide where to build, buy, or partner for strategic capabilities.
Evaluate when to acquire, partner, or build organically.
Manage business units across growth, hold, divest, and exit choices.
Read competitor moves and design counter-strategies under time pressure.
Plus universal Boardroom skills
Spot flawed reasoning even when it comes from a confident expert.
Verify AI output rather than trust it by default — the wrong advisor mechanic IS AI-verification training.
Articulate why you made the call under time pressure, not just what you decided.
Judge decisions across cost, quality, schedule, safety, brand — not just one KPI.
Tell hard news to clients, regulators, and teams without losing credibility.
Hold duties to the public, the firm, and the profession when they pull in different directions.
Frameworks & terminology referenced
Scenarios
Hand-picked anchor dilemmas. Click to preview or request the full build.
A bigger competitor just undercut your retail prices by 15%. Match them (margin pressure), differentiate on service (slow to convey), or hold the line and acknowledge the gap to customers?
A larger firm offers £1.5M to acquire your innovative side-product and the team that built it. Your CEO sees opportunity; your CTO wants to keep building. Accept, counter, or walk?
Should you expand into a major new market? A local partner offered favourable terms but the regulatory environment is uncertain. Joint venture, independent entry, or skip the market?
Your industry is consolidating. Three strategic positions: become the platform (build network), vertically integrate (control supply), or specialise (deeper niche). Each requires different £30M investment commitments.
Also available as a Standard Sim
Multi-team Strategy & Leadership simulation. CMI L7-aligned. Portfolio, alliances, capability investment.
Industry settings
Industry context
The decision categories and vocabulary used in our Strategy & Leadership dilemmas are informed by the kinds of topics widely covered in these frameworks. Students preparing for chartership or apprenticeship pathways often find the format useful as independent practice material.
Note: MyEdMentor is independent simulation content. We are not endorsed by, accredited by, or affiliated with any of the named bodies. Their names are referenced here to describe content overlap only.
Player feedback
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“Excellent decision-making”
Earn
Each Boardroom ends with a credibility score and badges that share to LinkedIn.
🕵️
Detective
Caught every wrong advisor.
🗣️
Sage
Strong rationales for every decision.
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Strategist
All decisions correct.
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Promoted
Hit credibility 70+. Level up.
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