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Business Strategy & Planning for Managers

Develop the best strategic plans to support your company’s goals and future growth.

The Key Issues

The business world is changing fast all the time. There are new challenges, new competitors and new situations. It can be difficult to figure out what strategy you should follow and how you should do it. The best way is to have a structured approach that is also analytical and plan out your strategy. You need to learn to use the right strategic tools at the right time.

Strategic planning

Strategic alignment

Understanding mega patterns

Key Competences

Strategy & finance

Business planning

Risk management

The Right Programme for You

You are a manager or business leader. You need to develop new strategies and plan for the future. This programme gives you the key strategy & planning skills you need for your role.

Highlights

Use the I/P (importance / performance) matrix as a competitive tool for your organization.

Explore the product/industry/life-cycle curve.

Translate big ideas into a well-executed strategic planning.

Learn, Practice and Use

Identify strategic planning issues in order to develop a unique competitive advantage
Learn key analytical and conceptual approaches
Align your organization with your strategic planning goals by integrating strategy, objectives, metrics, and performance
Identify evolving strategic patterns and generate ideas

Incorporate customer needs into your strategic planning
Use a case study to examine the strategic planning process in detail
Recognize how the actions of customers, competitors, and your own company determine the outcomes in your markets
Determine the best approach to effectively implement your strategic planning

Programme Details

The Business Strategy & Planning for Managers is a 3 day or 4 live online sessions hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. T the key strategic planning you need in your role to cope with an ever changing business world.

Ten Programme Modules

1 | Strategic Planning Principle

Determining a frame of reference for strategic planning concepts
Schools of thought in strategic planning
The evolution of strategy

2 | An Overview of the Strategic Planning Process

Basic elements of strategic planning
Developing and managing the strategy formation process

3 | Understanding Your Organization’s Mission

Your organization’s core values
Creating an inspiring mission statement for your own organization

4 | Assessing the External Environment

Identifying macro and micro factors
Responding to changes in the environment
The I/P (Importance/Performance) matrix as a competitive tool

5 | Understanding Your Internal Environment

How to become a high-performing organization
Financial elements of developing strategy

6 | Formulating Your Strategic Planning

Data synthesis
SWOT analysis

7 | Competitive Strategic Planning

Defining your competitive advantage
The product/industry/life-cycle curve
Understanding mega patterns

8 | Ensuring Strategic Alignment

Creating organizational accountability
How to translate the grand design into well-executed strategic planning

9 | Strategic Planning Execution

Key building blocks
Learning the three core processes
Understanding resource allocation and strategy formation

10 | A Strategic Planning Process

Determining the best processes for your business

Faculty

Bettina
Hausmann

Upcoming Programmes

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3 days

€3,495

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Date

City

Location

Stage

14 Apr – 16 Apr 2025

Brussels

To be confirmed

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Business Strategy & Planning for Managers

The Key Issues

Strategic planning

Strategic alignment

Understanding mega patterns

Key Competences​

Strategy & finance

Business planning

Risk management

The Right Programme for You

Highlights

Explore the product/industry/life-cycle curve.

Translate big ideas into a well-executed strategic planning.

Learn, Practice and Use

Programme Details

Ten Programme Modules

Faculty

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

Upcoming Programmes

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Testimonials

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Testimonials

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

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