Course Description

INTRODUCTION

This Fundamentals of Strategic Planning training course has been designed to cover all the fundamentals needed for effective strategic planning. It is intended for those wanting to develop their strategic awareness and prepare them for career enhancement, as well as those wanting to refresh their strategic planning skills.

This Fundamentals of Strategic Planning training course provides a range of recognized strategic analysis tools and techniques, considers the factors which help or hinder effective strategy implementation and recognizes the importance of developing key leadership skills needed in strategic planning.

This Fundamentals of Strategic Planning training course will utilise a variety of proven highly interactive adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented.

Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

Understand the importance of clear Vision, Mission and Values statements

Be able to develop objectives for individuals and teams/departments feeding into corporate goals

Be able to use strategic planning tools to develop strategic options

Make use of key organizational procedures to enhance individual and organizational performance and deliver strategic objectives

Develop key leadership skills such as motivation and interpersonal communications, for effective implementation of strategic plans.

Course Outline

Day 1

Strategy is Everyone’s Business

Organisation’s Vision, Mission, Values and Goals

Using Scenarios to Envisage Possible Futures

Assessing and Managing Risk

Factors Influencing Decision-making

Aligning Individual Tasks and Behaviours to Organisational Goals

Day 2

Strategic Planning

Using PESTLE to Analyze External Factors

How to balance the needs of diverse stakeholders?

Analyzing the Capabilities of your Own Organization

Undertaking Valuable SWOT Analyses

Turning Analysis into Strategic Plans

Day 3

Overcoming the Challenges of Strategy Implementation

Develop Staff Engagement – hearts and minds

Make Use of Varied Communication Methods to Raise Strategic Awareness

Learn to Link Individual Goals and Tasks to Organizational Objectives

Use Measurement to Track Performance and Predict likely Outcomes

Understand How a Learning Organization Links Detailed and Messy Implementation to Strategy Development

Day 4

Developing Strategic Leadership Skills

Understanding Barriers to Change

How to motivate staff to deliver high performance?

Developing Your Leadership Skills: Situational Leadership

Using Coaching Skills to Deliver Higher Performance

Develop Your Interpersonal Communication Skills

Day 5

Ensuring Organizational Procedures Support Strategy

Recognize the Dynamic Tension between Change /Innovation vs. Compliance

Recognize Elements of Organizational Culture which help Effective Strategy Deployment

Learn to Make the Performance Appraisal an Effective Tool in Delivering High Performance

How to ensure the strategic planning process delivers effective outcomes?

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