Strategic Thinking & Planning

In this program, leaders learn a simplified strategic planning process with a focus on creating a usable and workable plan that others will support for it’s lifespan.

Most companies invest a great deal of time and resources in creating their strategic plans. After making the investment, leaders within the organization can walk away feeling overwhelmed, unsure, and overloaded with information. Sometimes, after all the effort and energy put into developing a strategic plan, the plan is “put away” and not used as a tool for making business decisions, running operations, and dealing with customers and vendors. In this program, leaders learn a simplified strategic planning process with a focus on creating a usable and workable plan that others will support for it’s lifespan.

Consider this program if you know:

• Strategic plans in your organization are rarely used to make business decisions.
• The strategic planning process at your company is cumbersome.
• Leaders have difficulty getting those who must carry out the strategic plan to buy into it.
• You know you need a strategic plan, but aren’t sure where to begin, who to involve, and how to manage the input from various stakeholders.

Program Outcomes:

• Identify who should participate in the strategic planning process of your organization.
• Conduct research about your industry, customers and competitors that will give insight to how your organization should operate.
• Delegate appropriate strategic planning tasks to those closest to the information.
• Recognize when you should revisit your strategic plan to keep it current.
• Communicate the results of your strategic planning process of those who must carry out the activities.