In-Person
8 hrs. Virtual 1.5 hrs. x 3 Sessions
This course is designed to help a leader or an entire leadership team to align business planning with a proven strategic thinking model. This approach creates a clear direction and focus with a n objective analysis of your current business situation, future goals, resources and obstacles, and a clear plan to implement your strategy.
This program can be experienced in advance of a business’s strategic planning process or it can be integrated into the process, with leaders completing the pre-work and each of the three workshop sessions with the focus of working on their actual business plan during these sessions. The timing of the three sessions and the intersession activities can be adjusted to fit your actual business planning cycle.
Strategic thinking processes and tools are leveraged throughout the workshop. The process begins with a fact-based review of current business results (or lack thereof) and establishment of clear objectives (short and long term). Voice-of-customer, voice-of-market, and voice-of employee data is then used to rationalize the objectives and potentially make adjustments.
A review of resources available (current and potential) including an organization structure/accountability assessment leads to development of a strategic vision and a tactical action plan based on a realistic view of all enablers and limitations.
Leaders learn to apply strategic thinking tools and process to a broad range of current and future business challenges.
Develop a strong (and likely to succeed) business plan based on a realistic assessment of strengths and limitations.
Ensure that major business decisions are approached in an objective fact-based manner designed for predictable success.
Leaders ensure that major business decisions adequately factor in the perspectives of customers and employees.
Leaders are able to objectively assess the current effectiveness of their organization structure and accountability alignment.
Learn a flexible reality-based approach to business planning that can quickly adjust as the market and business environment evolves.
Learn to apply strategic thinking tools and processes to a broad range of business situations and challenges.
Recognize the imperative of embracing reality to develop fact-based business and project plans with a high likelihood of successful outcome.
Learn to apply flexible thinking and problem solving to the business planning process to avoid getting “stuck” in a myopic mindset.
Learn a variety of methods for gaining the perspectives of customers and employees along with an objective analysis of current market dynamics.
Learn how to assess an organization structure and create true accountability alignment with strategic goals and tactical action plans.
Learn the benefits of “positive paranoia and pessimism” when developing a business/project plan to avoid unrealistic targets or expectations.
