Strategic Planning & Execution
A practical capability-building programme focused on strategic planning & execution, designed for professionals and organisations seeking stronger performance and applied results.
- Type
- Professional
- Level
- Advanced
- Duration
- 5 days
- Delivery
- In person, Live online, In-house
- Languages
- English, Arabic
Strategic Planning & Execution provides a practical framework for developing organisational strategy and ensuring that strategic priorities are translated into coordinated implementation. The programme addresses a common organisational challenge: producing a strategy is relatively straightforward, but turning it into sustained action requires discipline, ownership and effective performance management.
Participants move from environmental analysis and strategic priority setting through to implementation planning, governance, performance monitoring and strategic review. The programme emphasises the connection between strategic intent, resources, accountability and measurable organisational results.
Objectives
Develop a structured approach to strategic planning from analysis through execution.
Strengthen the ability to identify and prioritise strategic issues.
Translate strategic priorities into initiatives, responsibilities and measurable results.
Improve governance and accountability for strategy implementation.
Build effective mechanisms for monitoring, reviewing and adapting strategy.
Learning outcomes
Conduct structured internal and external strategic analysis.
Define strategic priorities, objectives and intended outcomes.
Translate strategy into initiatives, actions and accountabilities.
Develop measures for tracking implementation and organisational performance.
Review strategic progress and adapt plans when assumptions or conditions change.
Who it is for
Strategy and planning professionals.
Executives, directors and senior managers.
Department heads involved in organisational planning.
Transformation and performance-management professionals.
Public-sector officials responsible for strategic plans and implementation.
Programme modules
1. Strategic Planning Foundations
Understanding the role, architecture and discipline of effective strategic planning.
Purpose and value of strategic planning
Mission, vision and strategic direction
Planning horizons and assumptions
Strategic versus operational planning
Governance of the strategy process
2. Strategic Analysis and Priority Setting
Building a fact-based understanding of the organisation and its operating environment.
External environment analysis
Internal capability assessment
Stakeholder and ecosystem analysis
Identifying strategic issues
Prioritising opportunities and challenges
3. Developing Strategic Objectives and Initiatives
Converting strategic choices into clear objectives and portfolios of action.
Writing effective strategic objectives
Defining intended outcomes
Strategic initiatives and programmes
Prioritisation and resource considerations
Dependencies and strategic alignment
4. Strategy Execution and Accountability
Establishing structures, ownership and disciplines that support implementation.
Translating strategy into implementation plans
Roles and accountability
Execution governance
Cross-functional coordination
Managing implementation risks
5. Strategic Performance and Review
Monitoring progress and adapting strategy when conditions or assumptions change.
Strategic performance indicators
Review meetings and reporting
Tracking initiatives and benefits
Strategic learning and adaptation
Refreshing and updating the strategy
Methodology
The programme follows the strategic-planning cycle from analysis to execution. It combines frameworks, facilitated discussion, practical planning exercises, case examples and structured application to participants' organisational contexts.
Participants progressively develop elements of a strategic plan, including analysis, priorities, objectives, initiatives and implementation measures, allowing them to practise both strategy formulation and execution.
Assessment
Assessment is based on practical strategic-planning exercises and a final integrated planning task. Participants demonstrate their ability to move from analysis to strategic priorities and then to implementation actions, accountabilities and performance measures.
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
For your organisation
This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.
Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.
Upcoming sessions
No dates are scheduled at present.
Institutional needs addressed
Related expertise
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Training & Professional Development
Structured professional learning that develops practical, role-relevant knowledge and capability.
Capacity Building & Institutional Development
Strengthening institutional systems, structures, people and organisational capability for sustainable performance.
Consulting & Advisory
Structured advisory support for strategy, governance, performance, transformation and organisational decision-making.