Balanced Scorecard Master Professional (BSMP) Certification Application Course

Course Overview

This is a required course for Balanced Scorecard practitioners who want to achieve the highest level of certification - Master Professional Certification from the Balanced Scorecard Institute. This course is designed for those who have already achieved the BSP certification and passed the exam. This course includes advanced Balanced Scorecard topics, mentoring from a senior Institute certifying trainer, and the development of a student practical application.

This five-day course uses the lnstitute’s nine-step Balanced Scorecard framework: Building and Implementing a Balanced Scorecard: Nine Steps to Success™. The course is taught in an interactive manner, using lectures, lessons learned, practical examples, mentoring with specific help on each student’s application example, shared participant experiences, before and after scorecard examples from actual client engagements, certification exam preparation, and practice sessions. The culmination of the course is a student presentation to the class and instructors.

Benefits Of Attending

• Learn advanced techniques for creating a Balanced Strategic Plan and building a Balanced Scorecard performance management system including strategic planning, strategic management, performance measurement and target setting, initiative prioritisation, performance information systems, and programme evaluation
• Learn advanced communication and change management aspects of the Balanced Scorecard journey
• Learn facilitation and coaching skills necessary to lead and participate in team workshops
• Learn how to overcome the 10 most common challenges to success, and practice building a scorecard application under the eye of an experienced certified Balanced Scorecard trainer
• Learn how to align the organisation and employees around strategy by cascading the enterprise scorecard throughout the organisation

Learning Objectives

• To better comprehend the advanced communication and change management aspects of the Balanced Scorecard journey
• To hone and use facilitation and coaching skills in leading and participating in team workshops
• To overcome the 10 most common challenges to success and practice building a scorecard application under the eye of an experienced certified balanced scorecard trainer.
• To learn how to cascade the enterprise scorecard throughout the organisation
• To develop a full BSC using the Nine Steps to Success™ stage by stage throughout the week culminating in a presentation on Day Five as part of the course assessment and exam

Who Should Attend

This application course is for Certified Balanced Scorecard Professsionals who want to achieve the highest level of certification- Master Professional Certification - fromt he Balanced Scorecard Institute.

The programme is ideal for participants charged with building, implementing, managing, and sustaining Balanced Scorecard planning and management systems. It was developed for members of internal Balanced Scorecard teams who want to learn how to build, deploy, and sustain scorecard systems, and to help them incorporate lessons learned and best practices into the development of a strategic management system.

Course Methodology

For each step of the course, we will use case studies and exercises in smallgroups to allow each participant to practice facilitation techniques and receive feedback from the instructor. You will work with your colleagues from a wide variety of organisations with different perspectives. You come to the programme with an application example from your organisation or from a personal interest area, and you build your scorecard during the class, with expert instructor feedback at each step of the process.

Certification Criteria

• Attendance – You must attend all sessions of the course. If you miss more than two hours of the course sessions, you will not be eligible to sit theexam
• Certificate of Attendance – You will receive an Informa Certificate of Completion after successful completion of the course
• Certificate from The Balanced Scorecard Institute – You will receive aglobally recognised certificate from The Balanced Scorecard Institute, in association with The George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, upon successfully passing the certification
• Laptop – You must have a laptop, tablet or smartphone to enable you to take the end-of-course online exam

Delivered by Eddy

Eddy has over 20 years of strategy and business transformation experience acquired through various engagements in the Middle East, and Europe.

Delivered by Alan

Alan is a highly experienced management consultant and trainer specialising in balanced scorecard/KPIs and the wider discipline of strategy execution.

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