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Start Date: 26 May, 2025
End Date : 30 May, 2025
Duration   : 5 Days
 
Overall Description: 
This course is designed to help directors and managers who are seeking strong leadership skills to help them motivate and inspire others to drive results.
 
Course Objectives: 
Understand the concepts of operational management and strategic thinking.
Enhance critical thinking and decision-making skills.
Use strategic thinking to add value to your organization by understanding customer needs.
Cultivate leadership and communication skills.
Promote strategic planning and implementation capabilities.
Anticipate and innovate strategies to link strategic vision to core capabilities.
Recognize opportunities to influence and create strategic alliances.
Use strategic thinking to identify key strengths and weaknesses in your workgroup.
Encourage and support risk-taking and innovation at all levels.
 
Course Outline (Content):
 
 
Defining Operational Management and Strategic Thinking
Understanding the attributes of effective operational managers.
Exploring the characteristics of strategic thinkers.
Identifying the importance of balancing operational and strategic competencies.
 
Finding the Balance
Assessing your current strengths and weaknesses in operational and strategic skills.
Developing strategies to enhance your overall management competencies.
Reflecting on the application of operational and strategic skills in your work setting.
 
Creating a Strategic Frame of Reference
Understanding the components of a strategic management model.
Defining the key outputs at each level of the strategic process.
Adopting a strategic thinker's approach in your work environment.
 
Clarifying Your Operational Mission
Defining the purpose and role of your workgroup within the organization.
Drafting a mission statement that reflects your operational reality.
Conducting a SWOT analysis to understand your team, customers, and competitors.
 
Developing a Strategic Vision
Assessing customer needs, wants, and expectations.
Determining effective approaches for gathering customer data and input.
Using an Importance/Performance Matrix to set priorities for your workgroup.
Appreciating the power of a compelling vision.
Preparing an initial draft vision statement for your work unit.
 
Implementing the Action Plan
Translating the strategies and actions identified in the previous steps into a cohesive plan.
Establishing clear timelines, responsibilities, and accountability measures.
Monitoring progress and making necessary adjustments.
 
 
Who Should Attend?
Executives, division leaders, and other senior managers involved in the formation and implementation of strategic planning.
 
 
Course Methodology:
We utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This training course will be conducted as a highly interactive workshop session. A variety of training methodologies will be used Before and during the course whenever applicable. Some of these methods are gamification, online pre-post test, role plays, self-assessment instruments, group exercises & case studies.