Strategic Planning: an Eight-Step Process to Get Results

Course Description:

Planning is a basic human activity, done almost every day by everyone. Leaders must engage in the planning process to create defined and specific goals. From the ultimate goal will be plans for allocating resources.

Strategic planning is a method of efficiently pursuing a single set of goals. This one day workshop is designed around an eight-step strategic planning procedure that can be used by individuals or groups to achieve desired results.

Participants are placed in small groups that work together throughout this program. With the feedback and support of their group, participants will work on a strategic plan as the day progresses.

Key objectives:

Learn to use tools that break down a problem into manageable components

Develop specific skills that planners use in reaching successful outcomes

Create an internal barometer to determine if planning is "on course" or "off target"

Become aware of and open to seeking and accepting verbal feedback concerning their planning efforts