Strategic Thinking, Analysis, Planning and Goal Setting

Introduction

This Strategic Thinking, Analysis and Planning and Goal Setting training course gives you a robust practical framework to formulate, develop and implement plans to achieve strategic goals and realise your vision. It shows you how to break out of reacting to day-to-day problems, so you can build a team or organisation that is more proactive and resilient to change.

A key feature of this training course is a comprehensive strategic management system that guides you through the steps needed to develop the right strategy then translate it into a business plan that provides the foundations for achieving strategic alignment of operational plans and individual objectives with your business model.

This GLOMACS Strategic Thinking, Analysis and Planning and Goal Setting training course will highlight:

• The difference between good and bad strategies.
• Improving the performance of an existing company, division, department when faced with major changes in business conditions.
• Balancing financial and non-financial objectives and goals.
• Developing an existing company, division, department.
• Aligning all activity to focus on the strategic goals and not be distracted by less important issues. 

Objectives

The central objectives of this Strategic Thinking, Analysis and Planning and Goal Setting training course are as follows.

• Learn how to develop a plan to achieve the goals you want for you and your organization (company/division/business unit/team)
• Develop strategic thinking in your organization.
• Develop strategic plan in your organization.
• Identify the principles and mechanisms that drive successful implementation.
• Develop measurable action plans that result in success.
• Understand your underlying business model and how it relates to your strategy.

Training Methodology

This highly interactive Strategic Thinking, Analysis and Planning and Goal Setting training course encourages delegate participation through a combination of short lectures, large and small group discussions, practical exercises, case studies, and breakout sessions to practise new skills. The comprehensive course manual has been designed to be practical, and easy to use. Delegates will gain the skills and motivations they need to design, develop and implement powerful but simple strategies.

Organisational Impact

Enhanced Strategic Thinking, Analysis and Planning and Goal Setting training course enables an organisation to increase stakeholder satisfaction through:

• A great a strategic perspective at all levels of the organisation.
• Development of the next generation of strategic leaders.
• Development of specialist managers who are able and empowered to think strategically.
• Better appreciation by functional specialists and managers of the challenges faced by top management and steering an organisation through change.
• Better internal communication at a strategic level.
• Creating tomorrow's organisation.

Personal Impact

Delegates will develop their ability to use strategic thinking to become more proactive and build business plans to implement strategic initiatives through:

• Greater confidence in understanding the potential strategic impact of current managerial roles.
• A better appreciation of the interconnected nature of major business decisions.
• Understanding how to shift from reacting to problems to making things happen the way you want for you in your organisation.
• Knowing how to simplify- be able to deliver three to five critical things instead of struggling with 30 to 50 UN prioritised tasks.
• Developing and delivering long-, medium- and short-term plans