Small businesses use strategic planning consultants as well as large corporations and non-profit organizations to help plan long-term growth and development strategies.

A strategic planning professional (SPP) must have a good understanding of the business and its current direction in order gather information and make recommendations on designing a future path.

This course will focus on the strategic thinking and leadership behaviors that a high-performance organization needs for a successful long term future. This course will usher participants in more strategic visionary leadership that focuses to deliver real value to their constituents and customers. This will enable organizations to strive to improve every aspect of the business, as delegates will understand the process of creating value and the execution to bring that value into reality.

In this course, participants will discover how to move from transactional management to transformational leadership. Real strategic management requires that managers and leaders at all levels create the mindsets and behaviors that are needed to transform the organization from its existing paradigm to the new strategic paradigm that the vision sets forth.

Who should attend? 

• CEOs & Leaders
• Strategic Planning managers
• Divisional Directors & Functional Managers
• Strategic Planning team leaders
• Strategic Planning advisors
• Corporate Performance Managers
• Planers, Researchers and Analysts
• Senior leaders who wish to further develop and enhance their strategic capabilities
• Anyone who in need of this course and wants to develop his skills and abilities.

How attendees will benefit? 

After completion of the course, delegates will be able to: 

• Develop a clear understanding of the relationship between Strategic Foresight and Strategic Planning.
• Articulate future strategic direction (future vision, grand mission and corporate values).
• Conduct strategic analysis and identify the corporate SWEET (Strengths, Weaknesses, Emerging Opportunities and Emerging Threats).
• Develop smarter strategic objectives.
• Build strategic initiatives portfolio and align initiatives with strategic objectives.
• Strategy cascading, execution and performance review and reporting.
• Interpret the internal and external forces shaping the future.
• Develop & follow a strategic roadmap through a clear vision & statement of strategic intent.
• Identify the competencies and capabilities of strategically agile and effective organizations.
• Recognize strategic leadership style, and the styles of others.
• Effectively prepare, motivate and guide the organization, unit or team towards the vision
• Enhance strategic thinking to envision strategic initiatives.
• Generate and support effective strategic thinking.
• Prioritize issues based on clear objectives and capabilities.

• Introduction to strategic planning.
• The basic concepts of strategic planning and its importance in achieving the organization’s goals.
• Foundations of analyzing the internal and external environment.
• Study tools and techniques for analyzing the internal and external environment to identify potential strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
• Developing the organization's vision and strategy.
• Defining the vision and strategic mission of the organization and developing effective strategies to achieve it.
• Planning goals and strategic plans.
• Establish measurable strategic goals and develop strategic plans to achieve these goals.
• Strategic thinking and anticipating the future.
• Strategic analysis, its concept, basics and importance.
• Formulating company strategy.
• Develop effective strategic goals.
• The impact of leadership competencies on the company's strategy.
• Forces in the strategic environment.
• The importance of planned and creative methods for developing strategy.
• The influence of perceptions on strategic choices.
• Develop a strategic roadmap.
• Strategic competencies and skills.
• Strategy implementation challenges.
• Strategic initiatives.
• Cascading strategy and execution.
• The impact of structures on organizational effectiveness.
• Effective methods and practices for strategic leaders.
• Set SMART goals.
• SWOT Analysis.
• The relationship between strategic foresight and strategic planning.
• Clarifying future strategic direction (future vision, greater mission and company values).
• Strategic Planning Specialist (SPP) Skills.
• Strategic leadership styles.
• The impact of human change on strategic leadership.
• Techniques for planning long-term growth and development strategies.
• Use means of communication effectively.
• Achieving success through a dynamic balance between compliance and innovation.
• Preparing, motivating and effectively directing the organization, unit or team towards the vision.
• Enhancing strategic thinking to conceptualize strategic initiatives.
• Generate and support effective strategic thinking.
• Prioritize issues based on clear objectives and capabilities.
• How to move from transactional management to transformational leadership.
• Review strategy and performance reports.
• Evaluate and improve the strategy.
• The importance and basics of implementing and following up the strategy.
• Implement strategic plans, ensure their effective implementation, and monitor their progress regularly.
• Foundations of strategic performance evaluation.
• Develop tools and techniques to measure and evaluate strategy performance, identify gaps and take corrective actions.
• Innovation and strategic transformation.
• Promoting a culture of innovation and continuous change in the organization and applying strategic transformation methods.
• Analyze and discuss real strategic cases and experiences of organizations and apply the acquired concepts in a practical context.