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Strategy Execution for Business Leaders

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“Planning is relatively easy – the difficult bit is to deliver what we have planned” – this general theme is universally recognised by business management. This carefully structured course, directly addresses the underlying challenges of achieving successful strategy execution.

The programme is arranged around three main themes:

  1. The crucial importance of having a chosen business strategy that is clearly defined, facilitates ownership and measurement, and is cascaded/aligned throughout the organisation. Do you have a clear strategy?
  2. The key processes necessary to support successful strategy implementation/execution
  3. The key cultural/behavioural requirements to support (rather than to block) successful delivery of the chosen strategy. This is often the Number One area for improvement

Overall note about the course

The focus of the 2 days is implementation, NOT planning. Of course, you need to have a plan to be able to execute it, but the first theme of this course is not planning as such, but rather the need to define and document the already agreed plan in a manner which then facilitates ownership and execution.

The course will include a range of case studies, including some based upon the wide experiences from Alan Fell’s long career.

Delegates are requested to bring their laptops to support a number of hands-on individual or team exercises throughout the course.

For more information and discounts, please contact Sushil on 02 9080 4395 or email us at [email protected]

Outline

DAY 1

 

SESSION 1 – Introduction plus clarifying the Vision & Goals

  • Introductions, plus an overview of strategy management including terminology
  • Delivering what we promise: an overview of the key building blocks of execution
  • Creating or refreshing the Mission, Vision and Values of the organisation
  • Setting SMART Goals – measurably describing the Vision
  • Having Values that genuinely describe the sought-after behaviours

SESSION 2 – Defining the Strategy

  • Using the Strategy Canvas to clarify the customer value proposition and to support alignment and communication
  • Using the Balanced Scorecard principles to:
    • Documenting strategy through the cause-and-effect Strategy Map concept
    • Translate strategy into relevant Key Performance Indicators KPIs and associated performance targets

SESSION 3 – Cascading Strategy and achieving an Aligned Organisation

  • The principles of cascading and alignment – vertically and horizontally throughout the organisation
  • How to cascade strategy, KPIs and targets
  • The sensible sequence of cascading – it requires careful phasing
  • Making strategy everyone’s job – alignment to each individual employee

SESSION 4 – Strategy Co-ordination and Management: the “Strategy Office”

  • Creating an effective Strategy Office (OSM – office of strategy management)
  • The roles and responsibilities of a proactive OSM function: what
    they should, and should NOT, do …
  • Interface between Strategy Office and the Business Units
  • Alignment with the PMO and Strategic HR functions

 

DAY 2

 

SESSION 5 – Strategy Focused Organisation (SFO) – how good are your organisations strategy management processes?

  • Using the “SFO” best practice framework to identify aspects requiring improvement – a recognised assessment methodology for strategy management
  • Undertake the assessment for your organisation – and understand the weak-links to be addressed

SESSION 6 – Effective Monitoring of Strategic Progress

  • The management review process: purpose and frequency
  • Understanding and analysing variances – and their underlying causes
  • Who should attend: cascading the review process within the organisation
  • “Rules of engagement” – setting and enforcing the ground-rules for how the management review process should be organised to be effective (note – this is a weak link for many organisations)

SESSION 7 – Cultural overview, plus Change Management & Communication

  • The overall need for cultural alignment
  • Creating the understanding and urgency for change – not “resistance to change”
  • Using the Kotter 8-step change model and assessing change management capability
  • Communicate, communicate, communicate: creating an environment where effective communication is a way or life, not a one-off wonder

SESSION 8 – Performance Culture and Accountability

  • Creating clarity of ownership and accountability – collective and individual
  • The arguments for, and against, a carrot-and-stick reward / bonus culture
  • Aligning compensation to strategy implementation: the key decision points – and how to avoid the common design mistakes that negate the positive behavioural impact of a welldesigned compensation scheme.

Speaker/s

Alan Fell

Alan Fell is a UK-based and internationally recognised & respected specialist in the subject of Strategy Management. He brings a special focus on both the development and usage of the Balanced Scorecard (the #1 strategy management tool) and the challenges of successfully implementing the chosen strategy of the organisation.

After a successful career at senior executive level with a major UK Bank, Alan has operated as an independent management consultant and trainer for the last 20 years, helping organisations and individual training delegates to improve their strategy management capabilities. During this period, he has run well over 400 training programmes / workshops.

During this 20 year period, Alan has focused primarily upon both the Middle East and SE Asia markets, but also covers engagements in the UK, North America and Australasia, with his work encompassing a wide range of industry sectors. He has extensive experience in consulting, at executive level, with organisations as they address the challenges of successful strategy management.

Alan brings a pragmatic and disciplined approach to his subjects and carries a firm conviction of the importance of management ownership to both the processes and cultural aspects of achieving successful strategy execution.

In total, Alan has more than 30 years of direct experience in all aspects of strategy management, and is keen to share this vast experience with his delegates.

He is a Senior Associate of the Balanced Scorecard Institute (www.balancedscorecard.org) and runs many of the Associates public training and in-house engagements especially in the Middle East. In addition he is also a member of the Beyond Budgeting Round Table (www.bbrt.org) bringing a fresh approach to the challenges of executive management philosophy.

Special Offer

Sydney // 6-7 November 2017
Super Early Bird rate $1895 + GST (SAVE 300), expires by 29 September 2017. Use code “P17GL14SY” when booking
Early Bird rate $2095 + GST (SAVE 100), expires 20 October 2017.
Standard rate: $2,195.
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Our professional training courses are stimulating, comprehensive and well structured, allowing attendees to enhance their professional development and build capability that is unique to their chosen fields. Informa training courses are delivered by renowned industry experts and thought leaders with extensive practical experience.

Whether you have one person, handful of people, or an entire division needing skills development, our learning programmes will help meet the development needs of your work force.

We are based in Sydney’s CBD and employ around fifty staff. We are part of the global Informa Group PLC, listed on the London Stock Exchange (INF).

Informa Australia Pty Ltd.
Level 18, 347 Kent St
Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
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www.informa.com.au
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