Strategy: Essentials

1-Day Course

1-Day Course Outline

This 1-day course is designed to provide those with a basic understanding of strategic management to the next level. This course will equip candidates with the necessary capabilities to understand strategic management concepts and their practical application within an organisational setting. Through interactive sessions and practical exercises, participants will learn how to identify key strategic elements, contribute to strategic analysis, understand the importance of vision and mission, and recognise the factors influencing strategy implementation and evaluation.

Course Content:

1. Understanding The Strategic Process: Addressing the stages of strategic analysis, formulation, implementation, and evaluation

2. Exploring The Strategic Landscape: Carrying out an external and internal strategic analysis using recognised tools

3. Creating Vision, Mission, and Strategic Objectives: Understanding key concepts and the need for their alignment

4. Translating Direction Into Action: Putting strategy into concrete actions

5. Assessing Strategic Impact: Using the most effective methodologies and tools for evaluating success

6. Communicating Strategy: Effectively communicate strategy to different audiences using a range of tools, media, and content

What Are The Benefits Of This Course

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Comprehension Of How To Apply The Strategic Process: Effectively navigate the interconnected stages of strategic analysis, formulation, implementation, and evaluation

• Ability To Conduct Comprehensive Strategic Analyses: Utilise recognised internal and external analytical tools

• Apply And Align Strategic Vision, Mission and Objectives: Creating clear and aligned vision, mission, and strategic objectives that guide organisational direction and action

• Understand How To Translate Strategy Into Actionable Initiatives: Convert strategic intentions into concrete and implementable actions

• Determine Strategic Impact And Performance: Employ effective methodologies and tools to assess the success of strategic initiatives

• Effective Strategy Communication: Articulate strategic messages to diverse audiences using a range of appropriate tools, media, and content to foster understanding and engagement

Set out below are the fees for our 1-day, Strategy: Essentials course. Pricing is available for both individual participants and in-house group sessions. All fees are exclusive of VAT.

Open Course: Strategy: Essentials

• Duration: 1-day

• Individual Fee: £350 per participant

• Delivery Format: In-person

• Catering: Tea and coffee provided (Lunch not provided)

• Venue: Multiple locations available (Please select your preferred venue at the time of booking)

In-House Course: Strategy: Essentials

• Duration: 1-day

• Group Fee: £2,600 (Up to 14 participants)

• Delivery Format: In-person

• Venue: The client is to provide suitable venue/training space

• Catering: Lunch and refreshments (Optional: Provided by client)

• Course Trainer, Travel & Accommodation: No additional charges

• Customisation: Can be tailored to your team’s specific needs at no additional charge

  Note: For larger groups, please contact us for a bespoke quote.

Course Fees

Strategy: Essentials

2-Day Course

2-Day Course Outline:

This comprehensive 2-day course is for leaders, managers, and team members who want to advance their strategy knowledge and understanding to the next level. The course aims to empower participants with an understanding of strategic management principles and their practical application within dynamic organisational environments. Through a blend of interactive workshops, real-world case studies, and hands-on exercises, attendees will develop the capabilities to critically assess strategic elements, contribute effectively to strategic analysis, articulate compelling visions and missions, and master the intricacies of strategy implementation, monitoring, and adaptation.

Course Content

1. The Strategic Management Process and Key Tools At Your Disposal: Understand the cyclic stages of strategic analysis, formulation, implementation, and evaluation

2. Navigating Strategic External and Internal Contexts: Develop advanced techniques for external and internal strategic analysis

3. Creating Vision, Mission, and Core Values: Craft organisational vision, mission, and strategic objectives that align with future desired outcomes

4. Strategic Development: Translate strategic direction into concrete well defined actions

5. Understanding How To Translate Strategy Into Detailed Action Plans : Explore how strategy and planning differs and why both are needed

6. Strategic Performance and Evaluation: Employ diverse methodologies and tools to assess strategic initiative effectiveness.

7. Documenting strategy: Ensures clarity, accountability, and direction for the current and future strategic undertakings

8. Communication Of Strategy To Key Stakeholders: The need to use key tools, media and content for gaining various audiences understanding and engagement

What Are The Benefits Of This Course

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Outline the cyclical stages of strategic analysis, formulation, implementation, and evaluation

• Execute advanced techniques for external and internal strategic analysis

• Develop organisational vision, mission, and strategic objectives that align with future desired outcomes

• Convert strategic direction into concrete, well-defined actions

• Distinguish between strategy and planning, and justify the need for both

• Employ various methodologies and tools to evaluate the effectiveness of strategy initiatives

• Record strategy to ensure clarity, accountability, and direction for current and future strategic undertakings

• Utilise key tools, media, and content to communicate your strategy to differing audineces for fostering stakeholder understanding and engagement

Set out below are the fees for our 2-day Strategy: Essentials course. Pricing is available for both individual participants and in-house group sessions. All fees are exclusive of VAT.

Open Course: Strategy Essentials

• Duration: 2-days

• Individual Fee: £600 per participant

• Delivery Format: In-person

• Catering: Tea and coffee provided (Lunch not provided)

• Venue: Multiple locations available (Please select your preferred venue at the time of booking)

In-House Course: Strategy: Essentials

• Duration: 2-days

• Group Fee: £4,400 (up to 14 participants)

• Delivery Format: In-person

• Venue: The client is to provide suitable venue/training space

• Catering: Lunch and refreshments (Optional: Provided by client)

• Course Trainer, Travel & Accommodation: No additional charges

• Customisation: Can be tailored to your team’s specific needs at no additional charge

• Note: For larger groups, please contact us for a bespoke quote.

Course Fees