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Leading & Managing through Strategic Planning & Innovation

Developing Deliverable Strategies

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This training course is split into the following modular components:

MODULE I Strategic Planning, Development & Implementation

MODULE II Certificate in Smart Leadership

This comprehensive course consists of two modules that can be attended as a full 10-Day event or as separate 5-day courses.

Why Choose Us

Leading & Managing through Strategic Planning & Innovation training course equips leaders and managers with strategic insight and practical leadership skills. It prepares participants to navigate change, drive innovation and achieve sustainable organisational success within a dynamic business environment. This intensive two-week course combines strategic planning with leadership execution, enabling participants to turn vision into measurable action. During the first week, participants develop robust strategic frameworks, define organisational direction and create a clear roadmap aligned with vision, mission and performance targets.

Participants examine how strategic intent develops, how critical choices are made, and how leadership impact and strategic environments influence implementation challenges. They also consider how leaders can balance operational excellence with breakthrough strategic performance. The second week examines leadership behaviours, workforce engagement and innovation practices, including engaging employees, encouraging creative thinking and overcoming resistance to change. Strategic leaders are strongly advised to attend the course in full to build an organisational climate supporting continuous improvement and align strategy creation with execution across every organisational level.

This Leading & Managing through Strategic Planning & Innovation training course will highlight:

Developing robust strategic frameworks for organisational direction
Creating strategic roadmaps aligned with vision, mission and performance targets
Understanding strategic intent, critical choices and implementation challenges
Balancing operational excellence with breakthrough strategic performance
Applying leadership behaviours to workforce engagement and strategic execution
Encouraging creative thinking, continuous improvement and organisational innovation

Why Choose Leading & Managing through Strategic Planning & Innovation

Course Goals

What are the Goals?

This intensive ten-day Leading & Managing through Strategic Planning & Innovation Training Course is designed to enhance strategic leadership capabilities and equip participants to implement innovation-led change effectively throughout their organisations.

Participants will learn to:

Build the three core strategic leadership agendas: intellectual, managerial, and behavioural
Maintain a balance between operational excellence and breakthrough strategic performance
Recognise key strategic issues, risks, and developing opportunities
Promote innovative thought and enable new strategic initiatives
Involve teams in generating ideas and solving problems
Establish organisational settings that facilitate strategic change
Convert strategic intent into defined actions and measurable results
Enhance leadership influence throughout periods of transformation

This Strategic Leadership Training Course provides participants with practical tools and a structured method for planning, innovation, and leadership execution.

Who is this Training Course for?

This Leading & Managing through Strategic Planning & Innovation training course is designed for:

Senior Executives
Business Unit Heads
Department Heads
Strategic Planning Managers
Strategy Managers
Innovation Managers
Business Development Managers
Change Managers
Operations Managers
Programme and Project Managers

Learning Approach

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This Leading & Managing through Strategic Planning & Innovation Training Course uses an interactive, highly practical learning method developed to maximise participation and application in real-world settings.

The course delivery incorporates:

Facilitated workshops delivered by an experienced strategic planning consultant
Collaborative team activities and group discussions
Practical case studies drawn from genuine organisational challenges
Video-based learning that reinforces strategic concepts
Hands-on exercises centred on innovation and leadership behaviours
Guided learning reviews and structured reflection

Participants are actively invited to exchange experiences, explore new ideas, and apply frameworks directly within their organisational context. The course ends with personal action planning to support learning transfer and lasting impact in the workplace.

The Course Content

MODULE I

Strategic Planning, Development & Implementation

Understanding the Strategic Environment

Understanding the impact of leadership competencies on company strategy
Recognizing and interpreting forces in the strategic environment
Understanding the importance of planned and creative approaches to strategy development
Recognizing organizational change readiness and strategic inflection points
Recognizing the impact of perceptions on strategic choices

Understanding Strategic Models and Paradigms

The strategic journey – common models and frameworks to enable strategic choices
Developing a strategic roadmap
Understanding and leveraging strategic competences and skills
Case Study: managing well in an unpredictable environment
Recognizing and developing the characteristics of strategic agility

Effective Strategic Implementation

Recognising the key challenges of strategy implementation
Understanding the impact of structures on organisational effectiveness
Using the 7S model to analyse organisational competence
Turning measurement into information to track performance and inform future strategy
Building learning organisations to support agility

Strategic Leadership

Effective styles and practices of strategic leaders
Recognizing, analysing and developing the strategic leadership styles used by you and others
Great leaders inspire and motivate – do carrots and sticks work?
Develop your leadership toolkit by understanding motivation theories
Case Study: Practice your negotiation skills in complex circumstances

Driving Strategic Performance & Success

More leadership styles: servant leadership and dispersed leadership
Understanding the human impact of change
Understanding employee engagement
Using communication media effectively
Achieving success through a dynamic equilibrium between compliance and innovation

MODULE II

Certificate in Smart Leadership

Leading Creativity and Innovation at Work

Understanding Strategy and Leadership in the 21^st century
Innovation vs. Constant Improvement
Innovative Leadership as a Transformative Force for Success
The critical mass for change and innovation
Case Study of Innovative Companies
Applying Leadership to Achieve Creativity and Innovation

Achieving Workforce Engagement

How the G.E. “Workout” Model Engaged Employees
Achieving “Buy-In” from Your Workforce
Developing Creative Solutions for Problems and New Strategies
Overcoming Old Paradigms
The Characteristics of “Organizational Drift”
Achieving Results by Leading an Empowered Workforce

Leadership with a Creative Edge

Developing Creative Potential in People and Teams
How Profiling may Reveal the Creativity in People
Thinking Skills and Multiple Intelligences
Learning New Brainstorming Techniques
How to Incubate New Ideas
Interacting with ‘Creatives’ using Influence and Persuasion
Creative Group Exercise: Identifying Business Processes

Creating a Motivating Climate for Higher Productivity

Key Elements in Creating New Missions
Establishing Goals and Targets with Creative Flair
Building a “Sense of Significance and Purpose”
Emotional Intelligence as a Motivator
Rewarding and Encouraging High Performance
“Pygmalion and Galatea” Theories Behind Individual Performance
Group and Team Motivation

Driving Strategic Change

Managing the Change Process
Kotter’s Change Management Techniques
Successful Techniques for Leading Effective Change
How a Leader Communicates a ‘Sense of Urgency’
Overcome the Challenges of Change in Organisations
Creating an Attitude of Perpetual Change and Improvement
Course Review and Personal Goals

Frequently Asked Questions

You will learn about leading and managing through strategic planning and innovation. The course focuses on developing strategies that can be delivered rather than remaining purely conceptual. It connects strategic thinking with practical deliverability.

The course treats strategic planning and innovation as connected elements of leadership and management. It focuses on using both to support the development of deliverable strategies. Specific innovation tools or planning frameworks are not identified in the provided course information.

Yes, the subtitle, Developing Deliverable Strategies, indicates a practical strategy focus. The course is concerned with strategies that can be delivered, not only discussed or formulated. The provided information does not specify particular implementation methods or exercises.

The course supports leaders and managers by focusing on strategic planning and innovation as part of their work. It emphasises the development of strategies designed for delivery. The available course information does not describe particular leadership models or management techniques.

The training covers the relationship between leadership, management, strategic planning and innovation. Its central theme is the development of deliverable strategies. The course title and subtitle do not specify individual modules or a detailed agenda.

The course aims to build skills related to leading, managing, strategic planning and innovation. Its emphasis on developing deliverable strategies suggests a practical focus on turning strategic direction into something that can be carried forward. No additional skill outcomes are listed in the available course content.

This course is relevant to people seeking to strengthen how they lead or manage through strategic planning and innovation. It may suit professionals whose responsibilities involve developing deliverable strategies. Specific job titles, experience levels or entry requirements are not provided.

The main stated outcome is a stronger focus on developing deliverable strategies. The course places this outcome within the wider context of leading, managing, strategic planning and innovation. More detailed objectives or measurable outcomes are not included in the provided material.