Strategic Planning and Execution

Course Times

• 8:30am to 3:30pm

Course Content

Introduction

• The context of this program
• Learning outcomes and objectives

Successful strategy

• Strategic successes and failures – case examples
• The strategy process
• Strategy setting and strategic planning
• From vision to performance

Risk and opportunity

• Environmental scanning: SWOT and PESTLE analysis
• Identifying and assessing risk
• Identifying and assessing opportunity

Formulating strategy

• Setting organisational vision, purpose, mission and values
• The planning horizon
• Strategic choices
• Defining strategic direction, priorities and objectives

Focused execution

• Cascading strategy
• Implementing and operationalising the strategic plan
• Translating organisational strategy into divisional and departmental priorities and objectives
• Achieving effective execution at the team and individual level
• Line of sight: the connection between high level strategy and personal performance
• Measuring and monitoring performance and variance
• Adjusting priorities and responding to variances.

Putting it into practice

• Action planning

• Develop strategic intelligence
• Identify the characteristics and strategic choices made by successful organisations
• Analyse and assess strategic risk and opportunity
• Create a vision, values and purpose that inspires and engages people
• Develop strategies and set objectives to fulfil the vision
• Translate the vision into action
• Measure and monitor organisational, team and individual performance
• Effectively respond to changing circumstances.

This course is best for Managers (or aspiring managers) with accountability for organisations, divisional, departmental or functional team performance