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The Strategy Finishing School was founded by veteran strategy consultant Julian Cole with the goal of assisting strategy misfits struggling with impostor syndrome to break into strategy. Whether you are a freelancer or work for an agency, this is the ideal environment to develop into a well-rounded, confident strategy leader. SFS offers lifetime access to over 80 video lessons (updated frequently); It's a home for Julian's strategy tips and secrets, which you can freely apply in your career. One of the best things about the Strategy Finishing School is the community. It’s a safe place where you can learn from other strategists. We often share decks and get feedback on our work. If you’re looking for a community of smart strategists that can help bring you up, join the School!
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My favorite strategy resource
I've gotten so much from Strategy Finishing School. As an independent brand strategist, it's been so helpful to have a bank of resources to lean on, along with a community of generous strategists at all levels. Julian is a great teacher and always adding new content. Well worth the investment.
May 5, 2022
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Great community and hands on resources
I love your guidance, presentation templates and real life examples! Also great the community here, sharing trend reports and other great decks/resources
May 5, 2022
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Worth Every Penny
Strategy Finishing School is one of my go-to resources when developing strategies for my clients. The information is very well organized and the frameworks are wonderful tools for simplifying complex ideas into actionable steps in the strategy journey. Content is being added all the time, keeping things current and topical. Definitely worth every penny.
May 5, 2022
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Helped my agency overhaul our creative brief
A coworker and I completed the program last summer as part of our agency’s “summer school” initiative. It was awesome! One of the biggest things to come from it for us was completely overhauling our agency’s creative brief document.
May 5, 2022
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Strategy finishing school prepared me…
Strategy finishing school prepared me for a role in strategy coming from account. I learned valuable skills that I carry over into my day to day work along with now mentoring junior strategists. I would recommend theses classes to anyone interested within strategy.
May 5, 2022
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An excellent offering for any level strategist (or strategist-to-be)
I moved back into broader brand strategy at an executive level after specializing in primarily digital and social media strategy for a number of years, so I wanted to take a "refresher" course of sorts before making the shift. The courses themselves make Strategy Finishing School worth it on their own, but the additional resources, frequently updated material to make sure it's the most relevant for NOW, and other events really put the cherry on top. Highly recommended for ANY level strategist - whether just starting out, looking to advance, or, like me, are wanting to revitalize your skills.
May 5, 2022
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The tools you need to lead
I've been following Julian's work for some time since taking his first course on Skillshare on Digital Strategy so for me Strategy Finishing School was a no brainer. The goal was to deploy concepts, and tools within my day-to-day work and pivot to more leadership roles.
May 5, 2022
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Excellent material
Excellent material
“Very pleased with the quality and style of the content”
May 5, 2022
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Amazing Strategy Support
Julian and his classes are great help for junior talent in the advertising space like me to receive guidance and support. His classes have greatly fill in massive gaps in knowledge that I simply didn't learn in my college courses. I firmly believe that Julian's classes will help me become a comms planner one day
May 5, 2022
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Get Smart
I consistently find Strategy Finishing School an invaluable resource for improving the quality of work for projects I lead. Be it in terms of the multitude of frameworks to help illustrate complex concepts, methodologies for working with teams, coming up with effective ideas and ultimately driving results for clients. I highly recommend signing up.
April 28, 2022
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