Strategic Planning is the organisation’s bridge to the future – the critical link between current resources, capabilities and competencies and future competitive advantage. Yet for many businesses and Not-for-Profit organisaions, strategic planning has become an annual planning ritual detached from the changing competitive needs of the business or organisations. Instead of being processes that promote continuous organizational learning and renewal, strategy and planning have lost their bias for action- a dangerous flaw in the current turbulent business environment.

Researchers have indicated that 85% of management teams spend less than one hour per month on strategic issues and less than 10% of strategies effectively formulated are effectively executed. In the majority of failures – it is estimated that 70% of the real problem is not due to bad strategy but bad execution.

Thus to compete and win in such a fluid business environment, businesses and Not-for-Profit organisations must strive towards becoming strategy focused and develop ranges of multiple strategic options firmly grounded in the core competencies of their businesses or organisations. A proven versatile tool that can help to achieve this is STRATEGIC PLANNING. Departing significantly from established planning methodologies, STRATEGIC PLANNING offers a powerful framework for strategic thinking and action planning that is well suited in our current constant change and ambiguity.

The Premise behind Strategic Planning is that leaders and managers must be effective proactive strategists rather than reactive planners should their organisations are to achieve their missions, meet their mandates, and satisfy their constituents in the years ahead.

This workshop is specially catered to the specific needs of senior managers from Government Ministries, Statutory Boards, Schools/Colleges and Not-for-Profit organisations who are determined to put strategic planning to work. This two-day workshop challenges you to rethink your approach to strategic planning and to equip you and your organisation to become proactive strategists rather than reactive planners. The aim of the workshop therefore is to help you become an initiator of strategic change to stay on top of the competition.

This workshop promises to be an exceptional experience, providing you with an unrivalled opportunity to network with your peers through establishing new contacts, exchanging views and sharing new ideas and practices.