Strategic Thinking & Planning Training
There are innumerable approaches to strategic planning, many of which can work for your organization. The measure of success, however, is not in the complexity of the final plan, nor the rigor of the planning process itself, nor even the cost of the effort. It is the value created for your customers. This session will show you how to develop a strategic plan for your organization.

Course Content

  • Strategic planning in a nutshell
  • A planning philosophy that optimizes success – use worksheets
  • Finding the FIT is the goal; A Flowchart for Planning
  • Establishing a communications system
  • The answer to four key questions are a must
  • Creating customer value is the measure

Key Objectives

  • Understand the importance of thinking before planning
  • Learn how to effectively lead and communicate a strategic planning effort
  • Recognize the need for change and the discomfort it will bring
  • Understand the potential pitfalls of planning
  • Balance the focus on process with an equal focus on people

Target Audience

  • Department heads, line managers, supervisors, and staff personnel

Materials/Text

  • Workbook with references and graphics
  • Approximately 40% of the time is in the presentation mode
  • Supported by examples & exercises to reinforce the lessons

Course Length

  • One-day for up to 25 individuals per session
 

 

  

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