Strategic Thinking and Decision Making

Increasing your competitive edge has never been more important than in the modern corporate environment. Technological innovations, globalisation, digitisation, and other global changes have ensured that no market is ultimately safe from extreme change or modernisation. All senior managers and executives should be aware of the exponential opportunities that exist within these changes, and how you can stay ahead of your competition by encouraging strategic thinking and implementing strategic planning.

Strategic Thinking and Decision Making are no longer reserved for upper-level management and should be encouraged at all levels of your organisation. This course will give anyone in a position of leadership the confidence and methodology to be able to think strategically about growth opportunities and market threats and assist them with consolidating those thoughts into a structured plan. You will learn to acquire the thought processes and strategic thinking and planning methods necessary to develop a robust strategic plan.

Course objectives.

  • Think strategically about the opportunities available to your organisation and effectively consolidate these in the development of a strategic plan
  • Understand the importance of a well-designed and innovative strategic plan and how this will impact the potential success of your company
  • Deal with unexpected changes within your industry and remain ahead of the curve when it comes to innovation
  • Be flexible with innovation and always have the confidence to assess what is required from the standpoint of what is best for the business
  • Have the tools necessary to make decisions that relate to strategic level decisions

Target audience.

Executives and above.

Course outlines.

Module 1: Introduction to Strategic Thinking and Planning
  • Defining Strategic Thinking and Planning
  • Value of innovation within strategic planning
  • Organizational benefits of establishing a clear strategy
  • Is Strategic Thinking the best solution?
  • Components, tools and frameworks of strategic analysis
Module 2: The Process
  • Analysis, Planning and Implementation
  • Creating your process using the Planning Pyramid
  • Analysing your existing strategic process
  • Preparing to develop your new strategic plan
Module 3: External and Internal Analysis
  • Implications and benefits of robust strategic planning
  • Balanced scorecard
  • SWOT methodology – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
  • Impact Effort Analysis in Decision Making
  • Cost Impact Analysia in Decision Making
Module 4: Developing Your Strategic Plan
  • Timelines, Teams and Techniques for development
  • Understanding competitive advantage
Module 5: Planning and Implementation
  • Encouraging creative thinking throughout your teams
  • Employee engagement and values alignment
Module 6: Rollout Strategy
  • Identify and implement key milestones
  • Execution considerations and threat
Module 7: Ensuring Long Term Success
  • Identify and implement KPI’s and KRA’s
  • Implementation tools for key departments
  • Checklists and Scorecards
  • Considering potential disruptions to the long-term success of the plan
Module 8: Benefits Moving Forward
  • Benefits of adoption and encouraging success
  • Future impact of strategic thinking – how to progress your organisation

Your RFQ submission has been received

Our representative will be in touch with you soon