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Continuing Education

ESS 804
Future-Focused: Navigating Complexity with Strategic Planning

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It's hard to be strategic when the internal and external environments are constantly in flux rendering the long-term view increasingly difficult. But an organization without a strategic direction undermines the potential for proactive and smart decision-making. Further, it is more vulnerable to sudden changes. At the least, strategic planning helps everyone prepare for change even if the guiding direction must be frequently adapted to suit evolving circumstances. As a manager working in a complex environment, you cannot “go it alone”. You need to tap into the wisdom of your people and engage them in strategy formulation and sustainable implementation. Strategy from the top no longer works. Neither does the inability of a team to prioritize what to act on and how to actually achieve progress. This introduction to the fundamentals of strategic planning will provide you as a leader at any level in an organization with how to structure and develop both the strategic and the planning components. At the same time, it will help you become more mindful about involving the right “stakeholders” in the strategy development and implementation journey. This one-day primer is a hands-on, interactive session aided by practical tools and processes for developing a “living, breathing” strategic plan.

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