Strategic Planning

Differentiate your organisation and build a sustained competitive advantage through effective strategic planning.

Generally strategic planning assumes the future will be more or less like the present. However, in today’s world of accelerated change – we need to challenge this industry convention.

When we plan, we should examine the prospect of a radically different future which capitalises on new technologies and the macro changes in the environment.

This course is based around key issues and adoption of a systematic waterfall approach. It covers the following critical elements:

• Senior executive team responsibility
• Strategic planning team composition
• Critical analytical requirements
• The requirement for differentiation
• The identification of core competencies
• Measurement of strategic plan success

Topics covered

This course is centred on a series of workshops which require participants to explore the theoretical outlines and turn the theory into a practical business plan. The focus will be on differentiation and strategic advantage underpinned by a culture of winning.

• Mission, vision, values and a critical goal
• Strategy analysis tools
• Strategy alignment
• Strategy development
• Strategic challenges
• Strategic goals
• Strategy deployment
• Strategy measurement

Outcomes

You will:

• Develop the ability to use the tools to build a strategic plan
• Gain confidence in developing breakthrough strategic initiatives
• Have the ability to seriously influence and motivate people around strategy

Your organisation will:

• Develop an integrated and aligned approach to strategic planning
• Have the ability to clearly define the responsibility for strategy
• Have the potential to win in the market place
• Secure the engagement of your people