| Click here for the full brochure. (1.29MB pdf) This meeting has been postponed until December 2009. To be informed of the next meeting, select the email address under Contact Information below, reference this meeting and send.
Wonder where your firm is headed in the current turbulent economic times? This seminar will take a hard-nosed look at effective strategic planning and properly executed business plans.
The program features specific examples of what works and what doesn't, offering six separate factors for what is required to create a successful strategic plan and how to carry it out.
The course is highly interactive, with participants sharing their own experiences and ideas through engaging small group exercises and culminating with an intensive scenario planning activity.
Faculty members have decades of experience in the A/E/C industry and bring extensive knowledge of creating and continuing a successful consulting engineering business.
Course Highlights
Day One-April 29 (12:30-5:30 p.m.)
Registration (11:30-12:30 p.m.)
Welcome and Overview
What is Strategic Planning? Case Studies and Discussion
Strategic Planning Principles Best Practices-What Works and Why Lessons From the "Discipline of Market Leaders" Market Approach Exercise Elements of a Well Thought-Out Strategic Plan How Long is "Long-Term?"
Business Planning-Embracing Implementation Assessing External/Internal Business Environments Key Elements of an Annual Business Plan Cascading Market and Client Business Goals into Financial Goals Driving Firm Performance Benchmarks to Measure Firm Success Adjusting for the Unexpected
Change Game Exercise
Day Two-April 30 (7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Breakfast (7:30-8 a.m.)
Reflections on Day One; Expectations for Day Two
Strategic Planning Framework The Balanced Scorecard Additional Tools
Implementing Strategic Planning in Turbulent Times-Staying on Track Exercise
Lunch (12 noon)
Addressing Future Unknowns: Scenario Planning Exercise Creating "Memories of the Future" Decision on Focal Question
Observations and Analysis "No Brainer," "No Regrets," "Yes-Buts," "No Ways," and "Bolts From the Blue" Developing Strategic Initiatives Matrix Best Business Planning Tools for Volatile Markets
Summation and Recap
Adjourn (5 p.m.)
This meeting has been postponed until December 2009. To be informed of the next meeting, select the email address under Contact Information below, reference this meeting and send. |
