Strategy: an introduction

Course summary

Thinking and planning more strategically is important for everyone these days. Suitable for anyone facing a strategic challenge, this course will help you get started by giving you some useful concepts, frameworks and tools you can use right away to improve your plans, products or services. There will be a focus on understanding where you are now, creating a clear vision of where you want to get to, what you have to do to get there, and thinking about impact.

This one day, practical course will give you a good grounding in the strategic thinking necessary to develop and implement your own strategic plan and help your organisation achieve impact.

Course outline

The course will cover:
  • what is a strategy? It's what you achieve, not just what you do
  • why it matters
  • how do I get one? Some tools, processes and techniques to get you going
  • who does it? Good question - who do you think?
  • how will I know if I have been successful? Thinking about impact
  • a year of free support

"A very good introduction to strategic thinking, and a great example of the tools you can use to help you." MD Catalyst Housing Group

This strategy course takes place at the Centre's Central London training suite in Old Street, London, with easy access to rail, tube and bus links. This course can also be run in-company for a group of your staff at your organisation. Call Sally on 020 7490 3030 for more information. 

Did you know you could get funding to take this course through a Government funded Leadership and Management Grant? See here for more details.

Who is this course for?

This practical course is aimed at managers looking for an introduction to strategic thinking and an all round overview of the topic. It will help anyone responsible for developing a strategic plan or thinking more strategically about change. However you want to make a difference and have an impact, the course will give you some tools, techniques and frameworks you can use as soon as you get back to the office.

Whether you work in an SME, a professional services firm or a social enterprise, you’re sure to learn something new and leave the course with some great ideas. The Centre works with people from all sectors including the public sector, voluntary sector, private sector and corporate sector.

If you are looking for a more in depth course in the area of strategic planning then you should consider our two day course, Strategic planning and thinking which is run in partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London.

What will this course help me do: learning outcomes?

By the end of the course, you will have the understanding, confidence and tools to develop your strategic thinking to help you formulate and implement a plan that makes a difference.

Other courses to consider

If you are looking for a more in depth course in the area of strategic planning then you should consider our two day course, Strategic planning and thinking which is run in partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London.

The Centre also runs a number of other management courses including Project management, Supervision skills and Influencing skills which are also run in partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London.

Course dates

18 June, 2012

This course starts at 10am and will finish by 4.30pm. Lunch and refreshments are provided.

Course fee

  • £195 plus VAT small charity price (applies to registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £3m)
  • £315 plus VAT not-for-profit price (applies to all other charities and all other not-for-profit organisations, including public sector and housing)
  • £365 plus VAT standard price (applies to all other organisations)

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