Certificate in Strategic Thinking & Planning

Why Attend?

Strategy is about identifying where you are, where you want to be and determining the best way to get there. Strategy is as much about deciding what not to do as well as what to do (i.e. making strategic trade-offs) as well as choosing where to go, why, when and how.

This intensive workshop is about practical strategy in action. During the course, we will examine a plethora of Strategic Thinking and Analysis models and assess their applicability to today’s business climate. We will consider various approaches to strategic thinking, sustainability, tensions, psychology, behavioural strategy and how to combine creativity with entrepreneurship.

Benefits Of Attending

• Understand the concept of ‘Strategic Thinking’ and the principles involved in setting the direction of your organisation or business unit.
• Leverage the tools and frameworks that you can apply to the process of strategic thinking
• Translate strategic intentions into operational plans against which the progress of your organisation can be planned.
• Identify the need for flexibility in strategic plans and how to respond to external circumstances – avoiding the danger of strategic rigidity.
• Create your own ‘strategist’s check list’ to ensure that you are thinking and planning strategically.

Who Should Attend

This course is aimed for Executives, Senior Managers, Business Unit Leaders, Regional Heads, those working in Strategic Planning departments and anyone else who wants to gain a fundamental understanding of frameworks and tools for shaping their strategic thinking. It will also benefit those individuals who are familiar with the concepts but would like an intensive refresher workshop on the latest thinking. The course covers strategic thinking from a “101” foundation level all the way through to some more advanced concepts, and so would suit those who have no prior strategic thinking experience as well as those who have some experience.

Course Information

Delegates can earn up to 24 CPDs
Program level: Advanced

Course Requirements

Delegates must meet two criteria to be eligible for an Informa/CPD Certificate of Completion for a course:

• Satisfactory attendance – Delegates must attend all sessions of the course. Delegates who miss more than 2 hours of the course sessions will not be eligible to sit the course exam
• Successful completion of the course assessment.