Strategic Planning,
Development & Implementation

A clear vision and well-defined objectives are essential for achieving success. This Anderson training course offers delegates valuable insights into creating SMART goals, which serve as the foundation for developing effective strategic and operational plans.

You will explore not only strategic tools and techniques but also how to combine and apply these methods to make informed decisions that provide a competitive edge and drive successful business outcomes. The course also covers how human and situational factors impact decision-making, and offers strategies to influence these factors for better results. By integrating the science of measurement with the psychology of employees, you will learn to track performance and foster a culture of organizational learning. This multi-faceted approach will boost your confidence in both contributing to strategic plan development and ensuring its successful implementation.

By attending this Anderson training course, delegates will be able 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

This Anderson 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course