Business Planning and Strategic Leadership

You cannot have a strategy without leadership. The role of leadership is a key element in an organization as it influences the thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours of others. It visualizes what is to be achieved within the required time frame. Organizations invested in leadership for increased performance. Strategic leadership capability ensures that organizations have a corporate culture that values collaboration and trust as a foundation for improved performance. Real strategic Leadership requires that managers and leaders at all levels create the mindsets and behaviours that are needed to transform the organization from its existing paradigm to the new strategic paradigm that the vision sets forth.

In this course, we will focus on the strategic thinking and leadership behaviours that a high-performance organization needs for a successful long-term future. It will usher delegates in more strategic visionary leadership that focuses on delivering real value to their constituents and customers. This will enable organizations to strive to improve every aspect of the business, as delegates will understand the process of creating value and the execution to bring that value into reality. Participants will discover how to move from transactional management to transformational leadership, understand the global context in relation to their business, as well as develop skills and confidence to boost performance and enable them to develop and sustain their organization's performance for the future. 

• Develop good Vision and Mission statements in support of strategy formulation
• Develop & follow a strategic roadmap through a clear vision & statement of strategic intent
• Identify the competencies and capabilities of strategically agile and effective organizations
• Recognize your own strategic leadership style and the styles of others.
• Interpret the internal and external forces shaping the future
• Carry out stakeholder analyses to enable management of diverse interests 
• Relate leadership qualities to culture and strategy development
• Develop a systems thinking view of organizations
• Turn strategy into business and operational plans.
• Effectively prepare, motivate, and guide your organization, unit, or team towards the vision