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Nov 20 2014

​Top tips: strategic planning and thinking

Strategic planning is about getting your team, department or organisation where it needs to go, starting from knowing where you are and moving to where you want to get to. Here are our top tips to help you on your way:

• don’t let anyone (the chair, the chief executive, a manager) go off and do it on their own
• involve users/beneficiaries/customers (appropriately)
• use creative techniques to encourage fresh thinking
• the data you gather are not the answers – you must ask “so what?”
• focus on outcomes
• make it easy to read or digest (diagrams, pictures)

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Our two-day Strategic planning and thinking course is perfect for those who want to enhance their strategic thinking skills and gain some helpful tools, techniques and ideas for every stage of the planning process.

During the training you will cover:

• using the strategic planning process to help you make choices about the future nature and direction of your organisation
• assessing the benefits and risks of strategic planning
• preparing for the planning process including developing a project plan and identifying your stakeholders
• clarifying mission, vision, values and direction of travel
• setting strategic objectives
• applying SMART strategic thinking skills
• implementing the strategy
• communicating your strategic plan
• undertaking effective monitoring and evaluation 
• identifying the indicators, and how to measure their achievement
• and so much more

This course runs regularly at our training venue in London (check upcoming dates) or can be tailored for your organisation and delivered at your venue. Book your place today.