Breakthrough Strategic Planning

By Dan Chenoweth

Strategy can be defined as “the search for and defense of a unique and valuable position in your marketplace.” (Michael Porter). Strategic planning, then, consists of two inter-related components: developing and implementing the strategy. This workshop provides latest thinking and practical tools on how to do both in today’s ever-competitive and changing environment.

When incremental improvement is sufficient, then traditional strategic planning methods continue to work. However, with the convergence of tremendous global change coupled with a heightened focus on ethical business practices, more companies are finding they need a new and more robust approach to strategic planning to achieve breakthrough results. This workshop identifies when traditional strategic planning is appropriate and when breakthrough strategic planning is necessary. Discussion will then turn to new ideas, tools, tips, templates, and techniques to take strategic planning to the next level. More organizations are finding that breakthrough strategic planning is what’s needed in today’s competitive, global, and chaotic environment.

NOTE: Participants should have some exposure to strategic planning principles before taking this course.

Benefits:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Be familiar with and utilize the latest thinking regarding strategic planning: the starting point, who should be involved, and expected outcomes
• Implement a model for today’s leader to be more successful in leading organizational change
• Understand how ethics can be a catalyst in the strategic planning process

Sample Agenda:

• Traditional Strategic Planning Overview

• Who is involved?
• What is the starting point?
• What tools and techniques are used to develop the plan?
• How is the plan implemented and monitored?
• Who is responsible for implementation? Why does this approach make sense in stable industries?
• Why does this approach NOT make sense in industries confronted with significant change such as new global competition, new technology or de-regulation?

• Breakthrough Strategic Planning - Embracing Change vs. Resisting It:

• Who should be involved in developing the strategic plan?
• What is the NEW starting point to create a sense of urgency and cultivate "out-of-the-box," innovative thinking?
• What new ideas, tools, tips, templates, and techniques are available to develop a breakthrough strategic plan?
• How should the plan be implemented and monitored and who should be responsible?

• Implementing the Strategic Plan - Leading Organizational Change:

• The "Leadership Model of Project Management" introduces five phases of strategy implementation including both project management and change management techniques
• Why is a robust, “bullet-proof” project plan just the ante to be in the game?
• Why do the “people considerations” of the plan have to be considered and managed simultaneously?
• Why do people resist change and how to overcome that resistance?
• What is the eight-step process to affect major organizational change?

• The Increased Importance of Ethics

• Ethically, how should leaders respond to the changes facing their organizations?
• How can leaders create more adaptable organizations but remain grounded in core principles?
• What are the characteristics of an ethical corporate culture?
• What are the five levels of intervention a leader can employ to affect change?
• What mechanisms can leaders use to embed culture throughout their organizations to support the new breakthrough strategy?

Format:

Eight-hour course instruction with interactive discussion and participation.

This unique program represents one of many strategic planning options we offer. Please ask us about our other strategic planning offerings that may fit your organization's requirements.

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