Introduction
What will tomorrow bring? Failing to plan results in confusion and poor decision-making. The link between effective leadership and organizational strategy is crucial. Before planning, leaders must determine the outcomes they seek and share their vision across the organization, to maximize commitment to action. Only by galvanizing the workforce, being clear about the aims and making best use of resources, can organizations beat the competition and achieve their objectives.
This Strategic Essentials for Energy Industry training course offers delegates the prospect to build their leadership skills, gain expertise and learn to communicate more effectively with their people. By improving their skills, leaders and emergent leaders will accomplish much better results for themselves and their organization.
Course Objectives
- Recognize the impact of leaders on strategy and strategy on leaders
- Develop strategies and plans, utilizing strategic and analytical tools
- Understand the importance of innovation in the strategy process
- Develop leadership skills: Influencing and communicating effectively
- Select measurements to track, inform and support decision-making
Target Audience
- Professionals who need strategic thinking skills
- Professionals wanting a refresher in strategy
- Supervisors & Team Leaders requiring strategic skills
- Those preparing for leadership roles
- Leaders wishing to update their strategic skills
Course Outline
Day 1: Strategic Challenges in the Energy Industry
- Strategy development and strategic planning
- Understanding stakeholder interests – Achieving consensus
- Using popular strategy tools; Understanding their limits
- Life cycles: Business, product, market
- Understanding the business environment
- Achieving business sustainability, the value chain
Day 2: New Approaches to Strategy Development
- Strategizing is a process
- Strategy tools: Imagining possible futures
- How different CEO’s apply analytical tools
- Zooming in, zooming out: Enough detail but not too much
- Innovation: Red & blue oceans
- Innovation: Dealing with success and failure
Day 3: Strategic Leaders: Influence and Communication
- Vision, mission and values – Just words?
- Culture, power, influence
- Communicating with 3rd parties
- Communicating internally
- Influencing, persuading, and negotiating
- Virtual communications
Day 4: What you Measure is What you Get
- The balanced scorecard
- Strategy maps
- Priorities and critical success
- How measurements impact actions
- Extrapolating and forecasting
- Turning measures into information
Day 5: Personal Challenge - Plan to Act
- Adair’s action centered leadership
- Motivating individuals, teams & organizations
- Different levels of engagement
- How does team leadership differ?
- Personal action planning
