Converting Strategy to Action

Business Strategy is the route to the achievement of goals and objectives; it belongs to and is the responsibility of every manager and decision-maker at all levels, be it corporate, strategic business unit, or departmental.

This 2-day course is designed with more emphasis on actionable strategic planning than on popular strategic frameworks alone. It demonstrates what it takes to improve organizational alignment and deliver on truly strategic business objectives. Students would learn more about the efficacy of trusted frameworks for achieving strategic execution of corporate plans; incorporating a full range of proven approaches and emerging concepts for aligning project and program initiatives with strategic objectives.

This course will help participants to develop their forward- thinking abilities and give them the opportunity to explore the issues that are of prime concern to managers and owners. It exposes and expounds on native theories and personal assumptions that are popular yet capable of fixing managers in a box if not applied contextually.

Learning Outcomes

This course is designed to enable students develop skills and competencies that should result in the following;

• Focusing strategic thinking on both existing and probable lines of enquiry, which are most likely to lead to strategic breakthroughs
• Becoming familiar with key techniques of internal and external business analyses and how these can be simplified and accelerated for immediate and long term gains
• Understanding the role of visionary leadership in strategy execution which implies making strategic knowledge and experience produce the desired results.
• Prioritizing the implementation strategies to ensure optimal results.
• Human and material implication for distilling strategic plans into profitable actions.
• Understanding the nature and workings of the market, innovations and the dynamics of market competitions.