Strategy Execution Professional

• Strategy development, planning and management.
• Leadership responsibilities, governance, goal setting and strategic communication.
• Organisational culture and change management.
• Strategic alignment, cascading and operational planning.
• Capacity planning, budgeting and process improvement.
• Strategic project prioritisation and portfolio management.
• Strategy Management Office and Project Management Office roles.
• Performance measurement, data quality and business intelligence.
• Performance reporting and visual communication.

The programme connects five essential areas:

• Leadership and governance performance culture
• Aligning and operationalising strategy
• Project and portfolio management
• Performance analysis, reporting and informing.

Session 1: Introduction and Overview
Understand the foundations of strategy and how they connect to execution.

• Explore the importance of strategy and a strategy-focused organisation.
• Clarify the terminology used in strategy development, planning and management.
• Compare approaches and models for developing strategy.
• Explore tools for creating clearer, more coherent and measurable strategic plans.
• Examine the relationship between strategy development, planning and execution.
• Introduce the five Strategy Execution Imperatives.

Session 2: Leadership and Governance
Explore how leadership and governance create the conditions for high performance.

• Identify obstacles to effective leadership and governance.
  
• Examine the attributes and principles of good leadership.
  
• Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of leaders and managers at different organisational levels.
  
• Apply principles of good governance.
  
• Learn how to set meaningful goals and communicate with clarity.
  

Session 3: Performance Culture
Understand how organisational culture supports or constrains strategy execution.

• Define and assess your organisation’s culture.
• Explore how strategic communication contributes to a performance culture.
• Examine the contribution of change management.
• Identify the challenges of sustaining a performance culture and ways to overcome them.

Session 4: Aligning and Operationalising Strategy
Translate organisational strategy into coordinated plans and everyday work.

• Recognise organisational alignment and misalignment.
• Explore how to cascade strategy to operating levels and employees.
• Translate a corporate strategic plan into strategic operating plans.
• Incorporate strategic guidance into capacity and budget planning.
• Explore tools for improving processes.

Session 5: Project and Portfolio Management
Connect strategic priorities with the projects needed to deliver them.

• Understand the contribution of project and portfolio management to strategy execution.
• Prioritise strategic and operational projects.
• Explore strategic project management practices.
• Clarify leadership and management responsibilities for successful project delivery.
• Report project progress and performance to inform strategy.
• Compare the roles and organisational arrangements of a Strategy Management Office (SMO) and a Project Management Office (PMO).

Session 6: Performance Analysis Reporting and Informing
Use performance information to support informed decisions.

• Measure and collect meaningful performance data.
• Verify and validate data.
• Transform performance data into information and business intelligence.
• Communicate performance information visually and add relevant context.
• Clarify responsibilities for performance reporting.
• Create and deploy reports that are useful and used.

Session 7: Course Summary

• Review the five Strategy Execution Imperatives.
• Summarise strategy execution best practices.

Session 8: Course Summary

• Deliver delegate presentations.
• Review the final certification and course evaluation steps.