The Art Of Differentiation

Learn 3 key business strategy tools. Improve your business innovation skills and drive profitable business development.

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.4

- Find ways to stand out from your competitors by differentiating better than them
- Play to your strengths and confidently identify the areas that will grow your business
- Practice 3 strategic tools to strengthen your business strategy

What you'll learn

Find ways to stand out from your competitors by differentiating better than them
Play to your strengths and confidently identify the areas that will grow your business
Practice 3 strategic tools to strengthen your business strategy
Avoid common mistakes & learn how top companies have successfully differentiated themselves
Increase your value - shape a strategy to attract customers that truly value you
Business Analysis: Fix potential disablers that could be hurting your business development

* Requirements

* An interest in business development and strategy
* For entrepreneurs
* business analysts
* consultants and marketers who want to grow successful business development

Description

Are you interested in learning why some business strategies are better than others?

From Apple to Netflix, leading businesses and start-ups have all made their mark with a strategy that sets them apart

This course is all about learning how leading companies create successful strategies for growth - and then learning the tools and techniques to develop your own brilliant and profitable business strategies

Developing a strategy that can grow a business is an essential skill for any budding entrepreneur - whether as CEO, marketing professional, manager or consultant

Easy-to-Follow Guide

This is your guide to learning business strategy in just a few minutes - with eye-opening yet pragmatic tools that can be put to work on Monday morning

With this course you'll get a clear understanding of what makes a winning business strategy, and learn the methods to help you attract devoted customers, but also, do so without having to compete on price all the time

Master The Art of Differentiation

This course teaches you the tools, tips and techniques to help you identify and increase your differentiation so you can successfully stand out and grow your company

It's a valuable skill to learn and in this course you'll soon have it mastered.

Strategic Mentor

Tony Prouse is an enthusiastic and well-respected strategic mentor with over 30 years of hard-earned wisdom. Tony has worked closely with leading institutions such as the Institute for Manufacturing at Cambridge University and helped develop successful strategies for a wide range of organisations and startups all around the world.

Learn Quickly

This is a fun and practical course with plenty of examples which will show you the techniques to take any team, business model, idea, product or service to the next level.

Ready? So, Where Do We Begin?  

It starts by identifying what your current competences are - and which ones will enable you to capture greater business. But it’s not just a case of knowing your strengths and weaknesses – Tony will show you how some competences are more important than others!

Create Value for Your Customers and Business

It’s also about understanding how we can create value for our customers - and who those customers should be.   

And it's the reason industry leaders have achieved excellent business development.   

In addition, Tony will explain the common mistakes, having worked with many businesses around the world for over 30 years - so you can learn from these too.


Enrol now to learn how to:

  • Define a successful business strategy

  • Assess how well a business is currently differentiating itself 

  • Identify areas where you can improve your differentiation and innovation

  • Increase your value and move away from competing purely on price or basic feature   

  • Attract the right customers with a winning business strategy

  • Identify your core competences - which are often very different to what you currently believe!   

  • Avoid the common pitfalls of differentiation, business strategy and business development

  • Grow a business in a long-lasting and fun way   

  • Identify potential disablers to your differentiation - and know which ones could be hurting you

  • Create value for your target customers for a brighter future 


This course also includes:  

  • 3 Downloadable Tools for Business Strategy to help you assess and build your differentiation and business strategy

  • Activities + Quizzes to put your knowledge into action immediately  

Gain the skills and tools to ultimately improve your differentiation and develop your own successful business strategy - and most importantly, know where to start.   

This course is an exciting journey of business strategy discovery for those with the desire to grow.

Let’s get started!

Who this course is for:

  • If you are an entrepreneur, business analyst, manager, marketer, salesperson, consultant, student
  • If you want to attract customers who truly value you
  • If you want to build successful business strategies for long-term growth

Course content

8 sections • 35 lectures

Which Company Would You Invest In? Preview 04:31

What is Differentiation? Preview 02:40

Why is it Critical? Preview 02:42

Maximize Your Value and Compete on Your Own Terms Preview 02:42

Disruptive Technologies and External Factors Preview 02:30

How to Spot Good + Bad Growth Early Preview 02:22

Learn about Customer Benefits Preview 03:21

Reinforce your knowledge!

Learn about Competences and Resources Preview 05:47

Reinforce your knowledge!

Learn about Processes and Systems Preview 01:42

Reinforce your knowledge!

Learn about Core and Non-Core Competences Preview 07:47

Reinforce your knowledge!

Introduction to Things You Should Avoid Preview 00:31

Misconception #1 - Benchmarking Preview 05:10

Misconception #2 - Operational Improvement Preview 04:28

Misconception #3 - Barriers to Entry Preview 04:14

Misconception #4 - External Perspective Preview 02:52

Reinforce your knowledge!

How to identify Core and Non-Core Competences Successfully Preview 05:18

Activity 1 - Learn the Competence Assessment Tool Preview 00:47

How did you do? Preview 01:45

How to Identify Current and Potential Differentiators Preview 02:35

Activity 2 - Learn The Differentiator Map Preview 00:28

How did you do? Preview 02:45

Business Analysis: How to Identify Potential Disablers Preview 04:47

Activity 3 - Learn The Disabler Identification Tool Preview 00:27

How did you do? Preview 03:05

Introduction to Differentiation and Business Strategy Preview 00:22

A Recommendation About Uniqueness Preview 02:12

How to Use Differentiation Effectively Preview 02:31

Targeting Customers Preview 02:24

Learn the Different Approaches for Small and Large Businesses Preview 03:33

Congratulations! Course Completion Preview 01:09