The Secrets to Facilitating Strategy: Virtual Edition

Description

This course provides a detailed understanding of each of the building blocks that make up a strategic plan and strategies for facilitating teams through the strategic planning process.

Part I: Learning Strategic Planning At your own pace, take the 1-2 hours to learn the Strategy Model — the Leadership Strategies comprehensive approach to strategic planning. Score 80% or above on the certification test to begin Part II. Part II: Facilitating Strategy Sessions Now that you know the model, join the other participants for a focused, three-day session to learn facilitation best practices and key techniques for working with strategy team

What you will learn:

• Get a team to visualize the future
• Facilitate a team in developing mission and vision statements
• Differentiate goals from objectives
• Create positioning statements
• Establish guiding principles
• Isolate critical success factors and barriers to success
• Develop action plans for implementation
• Design a communications plan
• Implement a monitoring strategy and accountability
• Avoid the ten pitfalls to developing a plan

This course is ideal for:

• Facilitators
• Consultants
• Strategic Planners
• Business Analysts
• Project Managers
• HR Professionals