Business Planning Strategies Training Brisbane
# Business Planning That Actually Works
Training Course Outline
## Course Overview
Too many business plans get left to accumulate dust in filing cabinets or obscure folders that are never opened. I have witnessed it countless times, in businesses large and small all across Australia from family run enterprises in regional Queensland through to corporate head offices in Melbourne's CBD. That's why I created this play by play course that makes business planning SO much better.
This is not about another theoretical document that looks good on paper, but with no practical significance. Rather, you'll discover how to devise nimble, actionable strategies to actually guide how you make the small to medium (or larger) business decisions each day and to take yourself through whatever challenges may materialise.
Through candid assessment, open communication and flexible thinking, you will become adept at laying the type of plans that everyone on the team can get, rally around and deliver. When things don't go according to plan which they never do you'll be prepared and able to make strategic changes, not freak out or abandon your path altogether.
Based on real life wins across a variety of Australian businesses, this course gives you the ability to decide what you're going to do next to grow a business and make an impact that really moves the needle on the success of your business, whether you are running a small team or a large organisation.
## Learning Outcomes
At the end of this training you will:
Lead with integrity, making impartial business judgements to judge real strengths and weaknesses in the organisation
Develop pragmatic, hands on targets that link the work of all team members to a broader strategy
Create adaptable future planning structures which can include inevitable interruptions or altered conditions.
Effectively communicate plans to get real team buy in and understanding all the way through the organization
Adopt systems to monitor progress which can give meaningful information without becoming onerous to the administrators.
Support inclusive planning processes that empower and enable input and ownership from a wide array of team members
Quickly amend existing plans when circumstances require accelerated action in the face of emerging environmental threats
Organise your planning processes in a confident and reliable way!
## Course Structure
### Module 1: Hard Facts Time Where You REALLY Are? Duration: 2 hours
Get used to being willing to see where you really are in your business, without wearing your rose coloured glasses. In this module, you'll learn to discern what's really working versus what's not, reveal hidden resource allocation patterns, and question assumptions that may thwart your planning. You will also apply effective assessment tools that help see past the rosy tint of conjecture and analyse the reality of where your organisation is today your number zero in ELT.
### Module 2: Goals That Result in Action Duration: 2.5 hours
Turn fuzzy dreams into measurable, attainable goals that compel action today. Find out the critical difference between hoping and planning organisations need in order to develop goals that answer key questions: what we will stop doing, what we will start doing, and who will do what. Learn goal setting techniques that allow you to naturally move onto action instead of delaying action.
### Module 3: Making Plans People Want to Follow Time: 2.5 hours
Develop planning practices that actually create team ownership and comprehension. Discover facilitation methods that will meaningfully engage your team, master methods for communicating the complex reality of your plans at a high level that everyone can understand, and see how each member's roles fit in with the overall business goals. You're looking to create real commitment, not just get a superficial agreement.
### Module 4: Preparing to be Flexible as Things Change Length: 2 hours
Build planning methodologies that accommodate uncertainty, rather than seeking to eliminate it. Learn how to embed flexibility into your timelines, establish decision making dashboards for adjusting plans, and set up review mechanisms to keep the strategy on course and in focus. Features scenario planning tools and change management techniques you can use.
### Module 5: How to Keep Track of Progress and Not Create Bureaucracy Length: 1.5 hours
Design measurement systems that will give useful feedback without an additional administrative burden. Discover how to measure what matters, create lean reporting processes, and establish systems of accountability that let your staff do their job instead of getting bogged down in paper pushing.
### Module 6 The Outcome I'm Sticking to It Length: 90 Minutes
Keep planning beyond the excitement stage. Create your own personal systems for effective planning long term, use practical templates and tools, and put in place regular check in processes to make sure your planning remains effective for you.
## What You Will Learn
This added training provides tools and templates you can use in your business now. You'll master how to be candid when assessing your business merits (some things being strong & some needing improvement) without sugar coating the truth.
You'll develop better skills when it comes to setting goals in order to clear, not clutter, your path. You will learn facilitation techniques, which effectively involve your team and draw on their collective wisdom and energy.
It focuses on how to effectively communicate complex plans so that they are accessible and engaging to a variety of readers. You will learn tracking and measurement methods which have REAL meaning, not just make you feel busy time sucking exercises!
Above all, you will gain confidence that you can take the plans you have made to the market, with the knowledge that good planning is not a static exercise, but a dynamic factor of competitive strength that changes as the world around you does.
You will walk away with customised planning templates, actionable assessment tools, and effective strategies to implement that are tailored to your business situation.
## Concluding Remarks
Business planning can be so frustrating a foretelling exercise or document transaction. This training provides guiding principles to old ways of planning, with a specific focus on tools and methods that don't just sound good but that actually work in the context of real businesses.
We provide an open, honest assessment process, ensure tangible goal setting, inclusive planning processes, and solutions that are adaptable while being implemented, building a planning capacity that really does help drive your business success. De emphasise documenting, emphasise doing De emphasise complexity, emphasise simplifying De emphasise acquiring 'knowledge', emphasise applying knowledge.
You'll learn to trust your strategic instincts, and create useful systems that will help you move your business forward even when everything around you is in flux. Designed for leaders with a vision for planning to be a revolutionary business tool than a mandatory chore, you will gain a new perspective on business strategy as well as the insights and skills to make planning work in ways that are real and valuable to your organisation.