Strategic Planning

A 2-day Short Course with Bryan Travers

When and where?
Wednesday 22 September 2010:08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday 23 September 2010:08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
 
Location - The Business School, Owen G Glenn Building
12 Grafton Road
Auckland City
Standard price - $1,895.00 excl GST

Overview

- What is strategic planning?
- How do you deploy a strategic plan?
- How do you measure performance?

"Corporations around the world are reaching the limits of incrementalism. Squeezing another cent out of costs, getting the product to market a few weeks earlier, responding to customers' enquiries a little bit faster, ratcheting quality up one more notch, capturing another point of market share - these are the obsessions of managers today. But pursuing incremental improvement while rivals reinvent the industry is like fiddling while Rome burns."
Gary Hamel
Visiting Professor of Strategy and International Management
London School of Business

Most strategic planning processes work from today forward not from the future back - implicitly assuming, whatever the evidence to the contrary, that the future will be more or less like the present. Only a tiny percentage of the industry conventions are ever challenged, rendering strategy-making largely extrapolative.

Topics Covered

Over the 2 days you will cover:

    Strategy Development Process
  • Key steps
  • Key participants
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Mission, Vision, Values
  • Key Business Drivers, Key Performance Indicators
  • The Balanced Scorecard
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Portfolio Analysis

 

    Strategic Objectives Defined
  • Brainstorming
  • Weighted Voting
  • Pareto Analysis
  • Accountability
  • Scheduling
  • Review

    Action Plan Development & Deployment
  • 1 Page Plan
  • Ability to drill down
  • Bottom up - Top Down
  • Measurement
  • Short Term - Long range
  • Strategic capacity
  • Resource allocation
  • Organisational alignment

    Performance Projection
  • Short Term
  • Long Term
  • Goals
  • Competitor Comparisons
  • Benchmarking Comparisons

Who should attend

  • CEOs
  • General Managers
  • Divisional Managers
  • Senior Managers who are accountable for development of strategic direction

Outcomes

A practical guide to installing a 1 Page Planning process

  • The tools to use in the preparation of a 1 Page Plan
  • Alignment of the Mission, Value and Values with the Strategic Plan
  • Focus on the critical few from the trivial many issues
  • Total alignment with the Baldridge criteria
  • Proven process employed by leading New Zealand enterprises
  • Application of the 1 Page Planning process

What Participants Say

"I found this course extremely useful in providing me with the tools and reference material in order to ensure I'm able to take the next steps within my organisation. The facilitator was a wealth of knowledge and real life examples which are crucial if you want to implement these planning techniques into any company. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to know an efficient and effective way of planning for the future."

Jonathan Miller - Service Performance Analyst @ Vodafone NZ

"I thought the course offered a wonderful balance between actual business practical case studies and methodologies that would be applicable to all organisations. The facilitator was a wonderful lecturer who kept my attention throughout the two days. I would strongly recommend this course to all managers and senior managers involved in Strategic Planning at a departmental or company wide level."

Henri Eliot - Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Product Development @ Electronic Transaction Services Limited

"I thoroughly enjoyed the course and would recommend it to anyone who wants to break down the myths surrounding strategic planning. Step by step sections taught by an instructor who is passionate about his topic."

Russell Smith - Group Manager - Operations @ The University of Auckland

Presenter

Bryan Travers

Bryan Travers is the owner-operator of his own consultancy practice, Quality Dynamics Ltd, specialising in the application of the Baldrige criteria for performance excellence.

Bryan's credentials include:

  • 20 years CEO experience in New Zealand and Australia
  • Extensive international benchmarking experience
  • 15 years experience in coaching and consulting to leading New Zealand & Australia businesses
  • Leading a New Zealand business to finalist status in the New Zealand Quality Foundation Awards programme
  • Broad experience across product and service industries, local and national government functions and not-for-profits
  • Professional public speaker


Cancellation
Subject to unforeseen circumstances such as student demand and/or resource availability, The University reserves the right to cancel, or change the content, timing or method of presentation of any course.

All notification of withdrawals, transfers, and substitutions must be sent in writing via email to The University of Auckland Business School Executive Development Team at shortcourses@auckland.ac.nz. Full refunds can be obtained up to 30 days before the program start date. Due to the costs incurred for program preparation and administration, any cancellations or requests for transfers or deferrals received 14 days or less from the program start are subject to penalty fees as described below.

If you do not attend the course and have not advised us in writing or by email before the start date the full fee will apply.

Transfers: Transfer requests must indicate the new dates and/or new program the participant wishes to attend.  If the transfer request is made at more than 7 days from the original course dates - a service fee of $300 is applied, but the 50% cancellation fee is waived. A transfer request made with more than 14 days' notice can be made with no penalty. Transfers are valid only within one year of the original program start date. Your current cancellation policy is intact until you have attended your Short Course or the original penalty will be imposed.

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Full enrolment is non refundable under these conditions:

  1. The registrant or substitute does not enrol in another program within one year of the original start date, and/or
  2. The registrant or substitute defers or transfers more than two times.

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ENROLMENT FORM - Strategic Planning

Standard price: $1,895.00 +GST ($2,179.25 incl. GST)

Wednesday 22 September 2010:08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday 23 September 2010:08:30 AM - 05:00 PM

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