A Highly Interactive Training Course On

Strategic Planning, Development & Implementation

Strategic Planning Professional:
Tools, Techniques and Leadership for Organisational Achievement

Strategic Planning, Development & Implementation
Course Schedule

CLASSROOM

05-09 May 2025
London
$5,950
23-27 Jun 2025
Houston
$6,950
18-22 Aug 2025
Vienna
$5,950
03-07 Nov 2025
Amsterdam
$5,950
26-30 Jan 2026
London
$5,950

ONLINE

14-18 Jul 2025
Online
$3,950
13-17 Oct 2025
Online
$3,950
09-13 Mar 2026
Online
$3,950
Certificate
  • Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

Training Overview

Training Overview

A clear Vision and Objectives are crucial for success. Attending the Coventry Academy training course equips delegates with insights into developing SMART goals, essential for crafting strategic and operational plans. Beyond learning strategic tools, participants discover how integrating and applying these tools enhances decision-making for competitive advantage and successful business outcomes. The course also explores the influence of human and situational factors on decision-making, and strategies to influence outcomes effectively. Combining measurement science with employee psychology, delegates learn to track performance and foster a culture of organizational learning, gaining confidence in contributing to strategic planning and implementation.

What are the goals?

Attending this Coventry Academy training course will give delegates an opportunity to:

  • Learn How to Contribute to Strategy Development: Visualising Potential Futures, Assessing Risk and Making Choices
  • Gain Competence in Using Tools to Assess Internal and External Forces Shaping the Future Options for your Business
  • Construct Non-linear Roadmaps with Learning Milestones in Support of Vision and Goals
  • Learn How Leaders’ Behaviours Impact Strategy Implementation
  • Gain Self-awareness in Decision-making Abilities and Leadership Styles

Who is this Training Course for?

This Coventry Academy training course is designed for individuals who either currently hold or aspire to hold middle and senior management positions, who are responsible for contributing to the development of strategies and plans as well as their implementation. These include:

  • Directors and Senior Managers
  • Team Leaders
  • Corporate Strategy, HR and other Functional Managers
  • Heads of Division
  • Heads of Department

The Course Content

Day One: Understanding the Strategic Environment
  • Understanding the impact of leadership competencies on company strategy
  • Recognizing and interpreting forces in the strategic environment
  • Understanding the importance of planned and creative approaches to strategy development
  • Recognizing organizational change readiness and strategic inflection points
  • Recognizing the impact of perceptions on strategic choices
Day Two: Understanding Strategic Models and Paradigms
  • The strategic journey – common models and frameworks to enable strategic choices
  • Developing a strategic roadmap
  • Understanding and leveraging strategic competences and skills
  • Case Study: managing well in an unpredictable environment
  • Recognizing and developing the characteristics of strategic agility
Day Three: Effective Strategic Implementation
  • Recognising the key challenges of strategy implementation
  • Understanding the impact of structures on organisational effectiveness
  • Using the 7S model to analyse organisational competence
  • Turning measurement into information to track performance and inform future strategy
  • Building learning organisations to support agility
Day Four: Strategic Leadership
  • Effective styles and practices of strategic leaders
  • Recognizing, analysing and developing the strategic leadership styles used by you and others
  • Great leaders inspire and motivate – do carrots and sticks work?
  • Develop your leadership toolkit by understanding motivation theories
  • Case Study: Practice your negotiation skills in complex circumstances
Day Five: Driving Strategic Performance & Success
  • More leadership styles: servant leadership and dispersed leadership
  • Understanding the human impact of change
  • Understanding employee engagement
  • Using communication media effectively
  • Achieving success through a dynamic equilibrium between compliance and innovation