Managing in today’s fast-paced, constantly changing environment requires key skills and behaviors to achieve success. In this Management Skills training course, you will gain the management skills and leadership competencies relevant to today’s challenges. Learn to lead with vision, motivate and empower with passion, facilitate effective communication, and delegate with clarity to individuals and teams. You will develop a proactive customer-focused approach, enhance your leadership abilities through emotional intelligence, and create a management vision for success.

This training offers a framework for deciding a strategic direction and identifying short-term and long-term goals. The program begins with an assessment of the organization’s current state and continues with a discussion about the data points by which performance can be monitored and measured. Next, we look at the organization’s current mission, vision, and values and the extent to which each is relevant to the daily work of most employees. Following that exercise, the group will make any necessary modifications to its mission, vision, and values, in order to ensure a clear line of sight between daily tasks and the organization’s strategic direction.

The program continues with an exploration of strengths and opportunities. It also challenges participants to surface liabilities and potential threats. Next, we will work through a range of exercises to identify actions that would positively impact the business, quick wins, and short-term and long-term goals. The course concludes with a discussion around nine steps for successfully executing a strategic plan.

The following outline highlights some of the program’s key learning points. As part of your training program, we will modify content as needed to meet your business objectives.

By the conclusion of this strategic planning training, participants should have an understanding of the strategic-planning process and a draft of a strategic plan. They should also know the steps that must happen for a plan’s successful execution and the systems available to monitor progress.