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Strategic Planning Simplified
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149 students

Strategic Planning Simplified

How to Create a Strategic Roadmap by Answering Seven Essential Questions
Last updated 4/2019
English

What you'll learn

  • Discover the key foundational components of a strategic plan.
  • Understand the importance of strategic planning and how it can help you.
  • Create a sense of clarity and direction for the future.
  • Develop a clear and concise strategic roadmap that you can implement.
  • Learn how to set better goals and objectives that align with your long-term vision.
  • Become more confident about the strategic planning process.
  • Clarify your priorities and create a plan of action.
  • Identify the key metrics that you need to evaluate in order to achieve success.

Course content

3 sections10 lectures34m total length
  • Introduction to Strategic Planning3:38

    This lecture will provide an introduction to the strategic planning process. Students will gain a basic understanding of strategic planning and why it matters to the success of an organization.

    A downloadable e-book is provided as a supplemental resource for you to use throughout the course.

Requirements

  • Have a basic understanding of the principles of leadership, management, and strategy.
  • Experience working in a leadership or management role is a plus.

Description

Confused or uncertain about strategic planning? Not sure where to begin?

Strategic planning is an essential process for leaders, business owners, and entrepreneurs to implement in order to move their organizations forward with intentional focus, but it can often be challenging, confusing, and overwhelming. As a result, strategic planning gets overlooked and neglected.

This course is designed to simplify the strategic planning process by providing you with a framework for developing a clear and concise strategic plan based on seven key questions. Answering these essential questions will help you build your own strategic roadmap for success, which will serve as a guide for your priorities, decisions, and resource allocation.

The following key areas will be covered in this course:

  • Purpose, Mission, Values

  • Developing a Vision

  • Conducting a Situation Analysis

  • Creating Strategic Themes

  • Establishing Goals & Objectives

  • Identifying Success Indicators

  • Creating an Action Plan

Through a series of short and engaging lectures, Dr. Jeremy Couch will walk you through each component of the strategic roadmap process and explain how to develop a plan that is practical and actionable. After completing this course, you will be more confident about engaging in the strategic planning process. You will also have the tools you need in order to create your own roadmap for a sound strategic plan.

Who this course is for:

  • Business owners, leaders, managers, and those aspiring to such positions.
  • Anyone who has a desire to learn more about strategic planning.