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Strategic Planning and Goal Setting Duration: 1 Week/s

Course Information

  • Course Price £4895 Plus VAT
  • Location UK Courses
  • Course Code SPGS
  • Course Date 10 Mar - 14 Mar 2025

Course Objectives:
Real strategic planning is about positioning the organization for a future which will be different from the past. This Strategic Planning and Goal Setting course focuses on strategic planning as the essential management system guiding the manager and organization into the future by setting focused goals that will establish and enhance competitiveness. This training considers the necessity of developing both personal mental agility and organizational agility. Close examination will be made of the driving forces creating both strategic successes and failures.

Who Should Attend
Senior executives, operational managers, specialist executives and directors.

Prerequisite Courses
None

Course Overview
Strategy, Strategic Planning and Competitive Positioning

  • Introduction to the Seminar – Structure and Content

  • Strategy - Concept and Significance

  • “Competitive Positioning” vs. “Blue Sky” Approaches

  • Achieving Competitive Advantage through Flexibility and Agility

  • The Interaction of Strategy, Structure and Business Processes

  • Gathering Information and Intelligence for the SWOT Analysis

    • Strategic Intent, Strategic Choice and Balancing Scorecards
  • Vision and Mission Statements - Preparing for the Future

  • Business Analysis and Contingency Planning

  • Strategic Choice

  • Converting the SWOT Analysis into the “Strategy Matrix”

  • Strategy Formulation – Programmes, Projects, Policies

  • Transforming the Organization - Strategy Implementation and Managing Change

    • Assessing the Current State of the Organization
  • Leadership and Management in relation to Strategy

  • Customer and Market Focus

  • Human Resources and Knowledge Management

  • Building a Strategic Planning Team

  • Effective Process Management to Achieve Business Results

  • Monitoring and Measuring Business Performance

    • Strategic Planning Best Practice Whilst Avoiding the Pitfalls
  • The Strategy Life-cycle and the Problem of Strategic Drift

  • Getting Innovative Thinking into the Organization

  • The Potentially Negative Dimensions of Success

  • How to Avoid 'Paralysis by Analysis'?

  • Overcoming the inability to evaluate fresh ideas, denying the truth and thinking inside the box

  • The Critical Importance of Good Planning Team Dynamics

    • Personal Strategic Planning
  • Applying Strategic Tools and Techniques to the Individual

  • Personal Goal Setting, Creating a Personal Strategic Plan

  • Implementing Change - Achieving Progress as a Strategic Manager

  • The Mix of Competencies and Personal Skills Required in 21st-Century Business

  • Executing Strategy - How to break it down and get it done?

  • Developing Inspiration and Gathering Support

  • Overcoming Adversity by Leveraging your Skills and Building on Success

  • Conclusion - A Personal Role in the Strategic Planning and Goal-Setting Processes


    • Learning Goals
    By the end of this training, participant will be able to:
  • Examine how to design visionary strategic plans

  • Consider utilisation of a model for organizational assessment

  • Identify and learn from examples of strategic success and failure

  • Develop an understanding of the nature of the organizational life cycle

  • Study the preparation of effective contingency plans


    • Course Materials
    Course notes, handouts

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