Strategic Planning
The pressure to get more work done with fewer people has required supervisors and managers to bring a strategic focus to their work and to delegate more of the day-to-day details to staff. The goal is to work smarter not harder. The following eight questions can be helpful in determining if something is strategic:
- Does it establish direction?
- Does it have organization-wide implications?
- Does it impact the future?
- Does it affect our competitive position?
- Does it have a long-term perspective?
- Does it involve calculated risks?
- Does it impact organizational values?
- Can it be delegated to someone else?
In spite of the need for more strategic thinking on the part of supervisors and managers, many of them have difficulty letting go of routine tasks and details. This course is designed to help them develop a greater understanding of the strategic management process and how it can be applied to their area of responsibility. Participants will assess their current approach to management, identify opportunities to operate strategically and identify non-strategic tasks that can be delegated to others. They will leave with specific plans for implementing strategic management more fully back at their workplace.
Content:
- Fundamentals of strategic management
- The strategic management process
- Assessing your current approach to management
- Identifying opportunities to use strategic management
- Teaching others how to think strategically
- Delegating non-strategic tasks
