Seminars by Saul Carliner: Strategic Planning

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Strategic Planning for Training and Performance Improvement Departments

Length: 3 days.

Note: This course can be adjusted for a webcast format.

About this Certificate Program: As training and performance improvement groups try to directly link their work to that of the organizations they support, and as these groups chart a more central role for themselves in the lives of their organizations, the processes of identifying a long-term strategic direction, preparing a strategic plan to achieve that direction, and successfully implementing strategic change becomes increasingly central to the success of training managers.

This certificate program prepares managers and senior trainers for these tasks. It describes how to chart a strategic direction that is appropriate to the group, how to develop and prepare a realistic strategic plan, and how to implement strategic change through the effective use of business cases, change management, and monitoring and adjusting change. In addition, learners also begin work on their own strategic plans as part of this certificate program and receive feedback on this in-development work.

At the end of this program, students are eligible for a certificate of completion.

What You Will Learn

Business Objective: Strengthen the long-term viability of your training and performance improvement group.

Content Objectives:

Main Objective: Develop, implement, and monitor a strategic plan.

Supporting Objectives: To accomplish the main objective, you should be able to:

Describe the purposes of a strategic plan.
Name the key parts of a strategic plan.
Link strategic plans with other planning documents, such as a business case.
Solicit credible input for a strategic plan.
Appropriately involve stakeholders in the strategic planning process.
Link a strategic plan for a training group with that of the organization.
Address change management issues in a strategic plan.
Prepare business cases for projects named in the strategic plan.
Plan to support and maintain projects named in the strategic plan.
Monitor the strategic plan.
Adjust the strategic plan in response to changes in the environment.
Describe at least 5 ways that training executives have addressed strategic change.

Agenda

Day One
Why Conduct Strategic Planning?

Overview of the Strategic Planning Process
What Goes Into a Strategic Plan?
Exercise in Strategic Planning

Day Two
Introducing Strategic Change
Business Models: Envisioning Your Future
Business Cases: Justifying Individual Projects

Day Three

Exercise: Developing Your Strategic Plan
Validating Strategic Change
Addressing the Unexpected

To schedule a seminar or request more information: Please contact me.