PROGRAM
The course consists of 4 webinars, small homework assignments and Q&A sessions.
Webinar 1.
- Not for all the money in the world: the specifics of strategy development for medium-sized businesses
- Strategic session as a strategy development format.
- What to prepare for: stages and timeline of the strategic process.
- We choose a practical model of strategizing and/or future business planning depending on the situation and tasks of the company.
- Setting strategic goals. Goal setting frames.
Webinar 2.
Question-and-answer session on the issue of determining strategic goals (based on the results of the DZ)
Educational part:
- Preparation for strategy development:
- What we go into the stratsession with: a list of documents and artifacts
- Analytical information for stratsession: what exactly is needed and where to get it?
- Team: which employees should be invited to participate in the session?
- Holding a strategic session:
- Selection and role of the moderator
- Key organizational points
Webinar 3.
Educational part:
- Basic algorithms (stages) of conducting a strategic session
- Key tools of strategy (first part)
- The brand's mission/vision or DNA
- Vision/vision
- Analytical tools for analyzing the external environment
- Segmentation of the target audience
- SWOT analysis as a basic framework: how to do it correctly?
Webinar 4.
Question-and-answer session on strategy tools (based on DZ)
Educational part:
- Key strategy tools (second part)
- Customer-value series and value proposition
- Matrices as a way of focusing strategy
- Road map and action plan
- Soft methods of supporting strategic choices
- Bonus: life hacks from express strategy
- Implement: the first steps in implementing the strategy