The format of the workshop is a fast-paced, interactive presentation with management discussion designed to demonstrate 1) how minor flaws in the strategic planning and execution management process can derail implementation and results, and 2) effective risk-mitigation strategies to ensure the organization doesn’t succumb to common strategy and execution failures. Prior to the workshop, participants are invited to take part in an online Strategic Planning Vulnerability Assessment, which identifies the organization’s major areas of risk. The results of this assessment are used to focus and prioritize the workshop agenda, so that the organization’s most-important issues are effectively addressed.

At the conclusion of the workshop, the management team will have a firm understanding of the 6 Biggest Reasons Why Strategic Plans Fail, consensus on which represent the greatest cause for concern, and an action plan that will enhance the organization’s current strategic planning and execution management program. The workshop is designed so that you can move straight into implementation the very next day.

1. Insight into the most common reasons why strategic plans and the execution of those plans fail.
2. An understanding of the organization’s current strategic planning and execution management vulnerabilities.
3. Strategic planning best practices that will elevate and strengthen the organization’s strategy development and execution management initiatives.
4. 26 strategies to prevent common strategic planning and execution failures from occurring.
5. How to drive accountability and accelerate business results through changes in the company’s approach to strategic planning and execution management
6. How to spread improvements in strategic planning and execution management to other organizational initiatives, such as operational planning, quality improvement projects, and departmental planning efforts.

1. A Ubiquitious Problem We All Face Today
2. Some Terminology Before We Begin
3. Failure #1: Structure
4. The Reason We Do Strategic Planning
5. Overcoming Failures of Structure
6. Failure #2: Form Filling
7. Measurable Results Must Drive Plans
8. Overcoming Failures of Form Filling
9. Failure #3: Leadership
10. The Need for a Structure Process
11. Overcoming Failures of Leadership
12. Failure #4: Focus
13. How Organizations Overload Plans
14. Overcoming Failures of Focus
15. Failure #5: Follow Through
16. The Strategic Plan Circle of Life
17. Overcoming Failures of Follow Through
18. Failure #6: Communications
19. Aligning Rewards and Recognition
20. Overcoming Failures of Communication
21. A Parting Thought

Our workshop trainers and coaches are business executives with real and practical experience in a variety of industries. They include experts in management operations, quality and process improvement, business start-ups, marketing and branding, human resources, and more. This enables us to match you with a trainer and coach based on the needs and characteristics of your organization. We never compromise on the quality of your workshop and our ability to select a trainer and coach who is the best cultural match for your company ensures a dynamic and results-driven event.

Requirements

• A relaxed environment.
• Ability for participants to remove and set aside rank and hierarchy.
• Executive commitment to support an open and honest dialogue.
• LCD projector/screen.
• Standard audio jack for laptop computer.
• Wireless lavaliere microphone if size of room and audience requires it.

Fees

The fee for the workshop, which includes the online Strategic Planning Vulnerability Assessment, all prep work, and a post-workshop debriefing with executive management is $5,000. Normal and customary travel expenses, to be pre-approved by the client, are billed separately. A two-hour seminar version that excludes the assessment and post-workshop debriefing is $3,000.