Strategic Thinking & Planning

Most successful strategies give an organisation the means for renewing its competitive advantage as the environment changes and offer some property that is unique, or at least rare.

This course will help strategic leaders to create a compelling vision for their staff and one that inspires and motivates them. By identifying important direction and scope for the organisation over the long term, and taking advantage of the changing environment. The leader will gain important insights into how their vision can be embedded within the organisation by configuration of resources and competencies with the aim of fulfilling stakeholder expectations.

Objectives

• Understand the key components of strategic management – thinking, planning and execution

• Developing an understanding of what makes a “good” strategy, strategic process and  planning tools and techniques

• Turning strategy into action

• Understand the importance of stakeholders and management expectations in strategic management

• Identify how to gain advantage over competitors

• Identify the key skills and behaviours for successful strategic management

Target Audience

This course is aimed at leaders who are required to participate in the corporate strategic planning process or at the very least translate the organisations corporate strategy into a divisional/departmental/team strategy and then into individual and team action.

Duration

2 days