Course Outline
Module 1: Strategy Excellence: From Strategic Vision to Tactical Execution
Day One: Understanding Strategy and Strategy Execution
Defining and Understanding of Strategy
Linking Strategy to Action
Setting Long Term Organisational Destination – Strategy is about Where are you Heading
Strategy Documentation, Communication and Duration
Defining Strategy and Operational Effectiveness – What is the difference?
Barriers and Success Factors related to Strategy Execution including Leadership and Culture
Day Two: From Vision to Results: The Planning and Execution Framework
Understanding the distinction between Strategy, Operations and Tactics
How Planning and Execution Work
Impact of Mission and Vision Statements on Strategic Planning
Mission Analysis and Mission Leadership
Measuring Progress and Results
The Gap between Strategy and Performance
Day Three: Turning Strategy into Actionable Plan
Invisibility of Performance Bottlenecks to Top Management
Under Performance Culture Impact on Strategy and Performance Gap
How to close the strategy and performance gap
The Four Successful Steps in Turning Strategy into Actionable Plan
Building A Strategy – Focused Organisation (SFO)
The Six Loop Strategy Execution System including the Office of Strategy Management (OSM)
Day Four: Understanding the Meaning of Performance Measurements and Management
Why do we need Performance Management System?
Characteristics of Good Measures
The Balanced Scorecard
Defining Critical Success Factors
Organisational Excellence
How to Develop and Standardise Performance Metrics
Day Five: Implementing a Successful Performance Management System
Gaining Management Commitment and Selecting a Winning Team
Planning for Success – Strategic Business Planning Framework
Performance Contract Framework
The usage of charts in presenting effective reports
Complete exercise on how to develop a Balanced Scorecard from scratch
Conclusion and Wrap Up
Day Six: Understanding Organisational Leadership
Defining Leadership in an Organisation
Key behavioural factors in Leadership
Leading in the modern world: VUCA
Understanding strategic, operational and tactical leadership
Leading Change in an organisation
Leadership assessment: Strategic, Operational, Tactical
Day Seven: Vision and Strategy: Strategic Leadership
Characteristics of Strategic Leaders
Strategic data and planning factors
Developing Strategy: Mission or Mantra?
Building your Leadership brand
Inspirational engagement and influence
Communicate and cascading Strategy to gain buy-in
Day Eight: Implement & Perform: Tactical Leadership
Characteristics and behaviours of Tactical Leaders
Tactical Intelligence data and planning
Managing performance and motivation
Understanding Team Dynamics
Building Team cohesiveness
Coach and engage for success
Module 2: Effective Organisational Leadership
Day Nine: Linking Strategic to Tactical: Operational Leadership
Characteristics and requirements of Operational Leaders
Mastering Operational Management principles
Linking strategic goals to tactical objectives
Managing key stakeholders: Cross-departmental cooperation
Managing Operational Meetings
Turning negative ideas in to positive achievements
Day Ten: Creating the Leadership Organisation
Creating an organisational culture
Developing a collaborative vision and strategy
Continuous improvement for organisational success
Working across boundaries: Virtual leadership
Collaborative Organisation: Group exercise
Action Planning & Next steps