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Business Strategy & Planning for Managers

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

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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.

  • Business Professionals
Specialists, engineers, chemists, technical staff, logistics, commercial positions, project managers etc.
  • New Managers
Managers of teams including team leaders with up to 3 years' experience in this role
  • Managers
Managers of teams and departments with more than 3 years' experience in this role
  • Senior Managers
Managers of managers, countries, divisions, regions companies with more than 10 years of senior management experience

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
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Bettina
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3 days
€3,495
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04 Aug – 06 Aug 2025
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Radisson Blu Hotel, London South Kensington
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Live Online
4 sessions
€2,295
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16 Sep – 17 Sep 2025
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16 Sep, 09:00 – 12:00CET
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17 Sep, 14:00 – 17:00CET
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04 Aug – 06 Aug 2025
London
Radisson Blu Hotel, London South Kensington
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06 Oct – 08 Oct 2025
Amsterdam
Radisson Blu Hotel Amsterdam City Center
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20 Oct – 22 Oct 2025
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City Centre
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24 Nov – 26 Nov 2025
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16 Sep, 09:00 – 12:00CET
16 Sep, 14:00 – 17:00CET
17 Sep, 09:00 – 12:00CET
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Testimonials

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

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany”

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

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

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

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy

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

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

Testimonials

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

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany”

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

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

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

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy

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

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

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