Training Fundamentals Of Strategic Business Planning

Training Processes For Creating Strategy

Training Implementing Strategy

Improve your knowledge of strategic planning to understand what senior management is thinking and why—and increase your value to your organization!

Here’s an overview of strategic planning for those not directly involved in the planning process, but who want to understand the impact of strategy on their work and their organization’s success. Gain a perspective and vocabulary for strategic planning to help you actively and constructively support your firm’s strategic direction.

How You Will Benefit

Understand what strategy and strategic planning mean to an organization
Learn key concepts and the language used by those involved in strategic planning
Discover various approaches companies use to develop strategy
Find out how strategy moves from concept through implementation to realization
Recognize techniques companies use to assess their current and future environments
Identify specific ways you can contribute to your organization’s strategic success

What You Will Cover

What strategy and strategic planning really mean
How strategy creates value for customers and stakeholders
How companies develop strategy: seven strategic planning processes
The strategic planning process in action: five stages of a classic approach
Assessing the environments
Three Ds of strategy: discussion, decision, development
Implementing strategy: how strategy cascades through the organization

Who Should Attend

Managers and supervisors who want to expand their strategic planning skills and management perspective…and anyone who must communicate with managers and leaders involved in the creation and implementation of strategy

Key Topics Include:

Learning Objectives
What Is Strategic Planning?
Why Organizations Create Strategy
How Organizations Develop Strategy—Processes for Creating Strategy
The Strategic Planning Process in Action
Assessing the Environment
Three Ds of Strategy—Discussions, Decisions and Developments
Implementing and Reviewing Strategy
Alternative Approaches to Create Strategy
Discuss Which Approach Would Best Fit Your Organization