Advanced Strategic Planning and Business Development

• Review of business and economic context for your business
• Build strategies using appropriate frameworks and tools
• Understand the basics of strategy implementation and control
• Tools and techniques used in strategy development
• Use of strategic thinking: innovation approaches
• How organizational culture supports or prevents innovation
• Leadership qualities needed to inspire, motivate and engage with staff

CONTENT:

Strategic Management Skills

• Leadership theories & styles– a toolkit for managers
• Competitive positioning and business strategy
• Strategy implementation: What drives you?
• Leaders’ emotional intelligence
• Visioning, communicating & framing
• Leadership skills: Influencing and persuading
• Motivating employees

The Strategizing Process

• Why strategies: 21st century changes and challenges
• Strategic Planning
• Strategic thinking – who, how, when & why
• Strategic options, decisions, psychological factors
• Stories of success and failure
• Cultural impact on leaders

The Strategic Process

• Strategy is relative to...
• No decision, is a decision
• Innovation: Blue vs. Red Ocean strategies
• Strategy Tools: the SWOT analysis
• Strategy hierarchy – aligning resources and actions

Managing the Culture

• Impact of strong and weak cultures
• Cultural challenges: globalization, mergers & acquisitions
• Evaluating your organization’s culture
• Leaders’ role influencing culture

Tactics and Plans

• Impact of change on employees
• Individual v team roles
• Employee engagement
• Tactics and plans
• Adapting to reality, changing plans

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

DATE:

1ST BATCH:                       5th – 8th May, 2020                                          

2ND BATCH:                      26th – 28th October, 2020