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Achieving Organizational Goals Through Planning and Implementation
What will it take in time,
money and people to move your organization or department from where
it is now, to where you want it to be?
If you're like too many managers, you don't have a detailed plan to
answer that.
If you're simply trying to stay afloat in a fast-moving and rapidly
changing world, effective long-term planning is being pushed aside by
immediate demands and day-to-day crises. This short-term thinking leaves
you, and your people, adrift in uncertainty and frustrated by missed
objectives or good plans that go nowhere. As a result, your organization
is left unprepared and ill-equipped to achieve its goals.
It doesn't have to be that way.
This workshop will teach you the "look ahead" management skills to
guide your organization through uncertain times-and beyond.
Get
step-by-step training on the nuts-and-bolts of long-range planning:
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How it works
and who does what |
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Where to
channel your resources and energies now for maximum payback
later on |
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Why most
plans end up on the shelf and how to prevent yours from gathering
dust |
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How to run
a "diagnostic" on your current strengths and weaknesses and use
what you learn to direct your next moves |
Who will benefit most?
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Mid- to upper-level
managers and their staffs |
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Small-business
owners, presidents, CEOs |
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Public officials
involved in "reinventing" government |
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Directors
of nonprofits and charitable organizations |
This workshop also is an ideal way to get all your people up to speed
fast on this critical topic.
How we present this workshop; An on-site setting provides the perfect
forum for true learning to take place. Instructor-led discussions, exercises
and dozens of "real life" planning examples will help drive home key
skills and techniques. It's a learning experience filled with nonstop
advice and one revealing insight after another. You and your people
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Discover
what goes into long-term planning and what comes out if you
do it right |
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Learn to
use a classic 9-step planning model that's the accepted standard
at organizations of all types and sizes nationwide |
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Work through
exercises using your own experiences hands-on training that
takes the practical value of this workshop to a new level |
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Learn 5 ways
that proper planning can help your organization run smoother and
more profitably, with a much clearer vision for everyone |
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Determine
the resources you'll need to draw up your plan and push it through |
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Find out
what "down-board" planning is and how to use it |
As a result of this training,
you'll...
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Know how
to cash in on your strengths, shore up your weaknesses and seize
new opportunities |
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Use the specific
tools and techniques that will get your plans off the shelf and
moving quickly |
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Look at your
organization in an entirely new light |
Just as in chess, you'll learn to plan your moves not one at a time, but
as a succession of steps leading to the outcome you want. You'll create
the options, alternatives and escape routes that prevent you from getting
boxed in and allow you to seize opportunities as they arise.
Program Agenda
Getting off on the right foot
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"Planning
to plan" a checklist of steps to help you look toward the future |
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Laying the
ground rules, setting priorities, establishing time frames |
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Enlisting
management support and getting organization-wide buy-in |
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Understanding
the different values personal, organizational and stakeholders'
that come into play when you plan for the future |
Crafting your mission statement and shaping your strategy
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How to write
a concise mission statement that sums up who you are, what you
do, why you do it and who benefits when you do it right |
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Ways to tell
if your current mission statement is right on or missing the
mark |
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Using predictive
"modeling" to develop business strategies |
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Critical
success factors what they are and why they are central to your
plan |
Targeting your plans
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How outside
forces can influence your organization's plans |
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Learning
how to size up the current health and outlook of your core business |
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Factoring
in the potential problems that could play havoc with your down-the-road
plans |
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Deciding
which developments to keep close tabs on vs. which deserve only
a glance |
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Ways to scope
out the competition through business journals, trade shows, benchmarking
and other "free" intelligence |
Making sure your mapped-out plans work; Exercise: Assessing your performance
highs and lows-so you can focus on closing the gaps between your abilities
and your aspirations
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The power
of a SWOT analysis: how to assess your strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats to determine your realistic capabilities
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Revelations
of a GAP analysis: how to measure the "gaps" between your goals
and your capabilities and what you can do to close them |
It's "roll up your sleeves" time
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How to set
your plans in motion: developing your implementation strategy
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Drafting
contingencies looking at the "what ifs" so you can develop a
"Plan B" |
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Critical
moves to make after you leave the planning stage |
Dealing with the difficult issues; Exercise: Pick a goal and have at
it. You'll learn the steps involved in developing an actual implementation
plan
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What you
can learn from planning efforts that have failed |
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5 reasons
most plans go awry, and how to counter them |
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What to do
when plans change and people don't |
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What happens
when markets change and strategies don't |
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What to do
if you are adrift in rough waters: the dangers of having no plan,
no strategy |
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