Strategic Planning
Course Information:
| Venue: | Duration: | Date: | Price: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | 12 hours | Flexi-date | £1,750.00 |
| In-House | Agreed with client | Flexible | POA |
| London | 5 days | 31-Jan | £3,500.00 |
| London | 5 days | 2-May | £3,500.00 |
| London | 5 days | 1-Aug | £3,500.00 |
| London | 5 days | 31-Oct | £3,500.00 |
Who should attend?
- Chairmen
- Managing Directors
- Chief Executive Officers
- Directors
- Company Secretaries
- Presidential advisors
- Ministerial advisers
- Board advisers
- Chief Financial Officers
- Board Members
- Heads of Department
- Directors of Human Resources
- Directors of Business Development
- Strategic Advisors
Accreditations
Outcomes
- Create strategies which enable an organisation to achieve its vision, goals and objectives
- Develop supporting systems and structures to underpin and ensure the success of all strategies
- Apply relevant measures of progressto enable action to be taken to overcome any challenges to the implementation of the strategies
- Generate commitment from all stakeholders to increase strength of support for the successful implementation of the strategic plan
- Identify and use the key approaches and methods of communication to ensure transparency and openness
COURSE TOPICS:
Formulating Strategy to Achieve Vision
- Agree vision, mission, culture and values of organisation
- Analyse where organisation is now
- Decide where the organisation wants to be, and by when
- Selecting best strategic options to get there
Structures, Processes and Procedures
- Budget creation, monitoring and control
- Costing techniques and margin management
- Resource allocation and balancing priorities
- Creating systems to monitor effectiveness of implementation
Measurement and Reporting
- Setting long-term goals and manageable short-term targets
- Building contingencies into the strategy
- Measuring at clearly-defined milestones
- Reporting and incorporating feed-back
Stakeholder Identification
- Identify who affects or is affected by proposed strategy (stakeholders)
- Encourage stakeholder ownership through involvement in strategy creation
- Clarify benefits and implications for each group of stakeholders
- Turn resistance into support
Systematic Strategic Communication
- Two-way communication for stakeholders to inform and be informed
- Clear, concise and relevant messages from the best messenger
- Identify and use a variety of methods and channels
- Gain commitment through frequency of communication
