Even though the scope of a strategic plan will differ with each organization, the steps for planning are the same whether an organization is a large multinational or a beginning business.
All businesses have a form of planning that they use. However, when senior managers are asked about the level of success they experience in meeting their goals and the clarity of direction they feel their people have, it is common to hear confusion about how to combine business goals for growth and executing them and still balance the need to create the right environment and culture for the people working in the organization. In other words, how do senior managers create the right strategy for the organization and develop on-going support from the people who ultimately decide whether a strategy is properly executed.
Course Content
- What’s Realistic Today for Planning
- Most Common Mistakes in Executing High Level Strategies
- Assessing the Starting Point
- What Is Strategy Versus Tactics
- The Business Imperatives Process
- Creating the Flow for Top Strategies to Divisions and Departments
- Handling Resources Throughout the Execution
- Connecting the Plan with Accountability
- The Final Ingredient – Providing Leadership While Balancing Management
- Review of the Total Goal Deployment System
Pre-Work
Participants will complete a short web-based, confidential survey prior to the session to provide added information during the delivery of the program.
Who Should Attend
The best results for this training session occur when all of the people involved in developing both the organization strategies and divisional/departmental plans are included. This will likely include owners, senior managers, department managers and possibly the Board of Directors for certain organizations.
Length of Program
This session can be delivered in two half-days or one full day. The advantage to two half days is that information can be collected by participants for the second half of the session. There is a keynote presentation for this topic as well
Presenter
Scott Schweyer, who has 12 years experience helping organizations develop their company strategies and implementation plans, will lead the session.
