Workshop title: Strategic planning for Team Leaders 

 

1-2-day workshop: Facilitator and 2 actors 

 

Who is it for: Managers and leaders who want to be more strategic in managing their team 

 

Number of participants: Max 15 (can be increased with extra resource) 

 

Pre-work: Watch Simon Sinek’s TED talk on starting with the why 

 

Course overview: Strategic planning is about getting your team, where it needs to go. Starting from knowing where you are and moving to where you want to get to, this course takes you right through the strategic planning process with helpful tools, techniques and ideas for every stage to enhance your strategic thinking skills 

 

The course will be highly experiential with the opportunity to work on 3 key activities in teams. Participants will learn by doing, reflecting with the help of feedback and reviews involving all parties with the opportunity improve and refine what they do in the second activity. 

 

Learning outcomes: 

 

• Be able to define what ‘strategic’ means 

• Undertaking a strategic review to determine ‘where are we now?’ and what is critical to success 

• Take a fresh look at what your team is, what it does, and why 

• Clarify mission, vision, values and direction of travel 

• Set strategic objectives 

• Establish success criteria 

• Be able to communicating your strategic plan 

• Know how to Implement the strategy 

• Be able to use reflection technics 

 

Post workshop to embed learning: All participants will take part in an e coaching program for 6 weeks after the workshop. This will consist of on the job exercises and suggested self-directed learning to ensure maximum retention of learning