Why Choose this Training Course?
A clear vision and well-defined objectives are essential for achieving success in any organization. This Strategic Planning, Development & Implementation training course provides delegates with a deep understanding of developing SMART goals, which are crucial for crafting effective strategic and operational plans. Beyond learning about strategic tools and techniques, participants will discover how to integrate and apply these tools to enhance decision-making and secure a competitive edge.
The training course explores how human and situational factors impact decision-making and offers strategies to influence outcomes positively. By combining measurement science with employee psychology, delegates will learn to track performance and foster a culture of organizational learning. This multi-faceted approach will build your confidence in both contributing to and executing strategic plans effectively.
What are the Goals?
Attending this COPEX training course will give delegates an opportunity to:
- Learn How to Contribute to Strategy Development: Visualising Potential Futures, Assessing Risk and Making Choices
- Gain Competence in Using Tools to Assess Internal and External Forces Shaping the Future Options for your Business
- Construct Non-linear Roadmaps with Learning Milestones in Support of Vision and Goals
- Learn How Leaders’ Behaviours Impact Strategy Implementation
- Gain Self-awareness in Decision-making Abilities and Leadership Styles
Who is this Training Course for?
This COPEX training course is designed for individuals who either currently hold or aspire to hold middle and senior management positions, who are responsible for contributing to the development of strategies and plans as well as their implementation. These include:
- Directors and Senior Managers
- Team Leaders
- Corporate Strategy, HR and other Functional Managers
- Heads of Division
- Heads of Department
Course Outline
Day One: Understanding the Strategic Environment
- Understanding the impact of leadership competencies on company strategy
- Recognizing and interpreting forces in the strategic environment
- Understanding the importance of planned and creative approaches to strategy development
- Recognizing organizational change readiness and strategic inflection points
- Recognizing the impact of perceptions on strategic choices
Day Two: Understanding Strategic Models and Paradigms
- The strategic journey – common models and frameworks to enable strategic choices
- Developing a strategic roadmap
- Understanding and leveraging strategic competences and skills
- Case Study: managing well in an unpredictable environment
- Recognizing and developing the characteristics of strategic agility
Day Three: Effective Strategic Implementation
- Recognising the key challenges of strategy implementation
- Understanding the impact of structures on organisational effectiveness
- Using the 7S model to analyse organisational competence
- Turning measurement into information to track performance and inform future strategy
- Building learning organisations to support agility
Day Four: Strategic Leadership
- Effective styles and practices of strategic leaders
- Recognizing, analysing and developing the strategic leadership styles used by you and others
- Great leaders inspire and motivate – do carrots and sticks work?
- Develop your leadership toolkit by understanding motivation theories
- Case Study: Practice your negotiation skills in complex circumstances
Day Five: Driving Strategic Performance & Success
- More leadership styles: servant leadership and dispersed leadership
- Understanding the human impact of change
- Understanding employee engagement
- Using communication media effectively
- Achieving success through a dynamic equilibrium between compliance and innovation
The Certificate
- COPEX Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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