Workshop:

Aligning Strategy and Operations

Are you frustrated by the slow progress being made toward strategic objectives? Do parts of your company seem to work on a different set of projects and to different priorities and timelines? Are you sometimes surprised to learn where money is being spent in your organization? Do you feel that you have to give specific directions on too many details to too many of your employees just to keep the organization moving? Is your day filled with “herding the chickens?”

This module teaches techniques for aligning the strategic plans of the organization to the day to day operations and goals of each individual. Leadership is not all charisma. It also has process elements which can be learned and institutionalized.

TechZecs, LLC offers a three-day training workshop for executives and professionals on the process aspects of leadership that will allow you to concentrate on your company’s mission, vision, strategy, and customers, rather than the day to day operations and herding activities. This workshop is in the form of thought provoking exercises and best practice sharing.

Workshop Outline:

          Mission , vision, strategy, and customers – the work of leaders

          Operational objectives and key results

          Individual performance improvement objectives

          The need for a process to align the levels of goals in an organization

          Hierarchical planning and goal setting processes

          The role of metrics and rewards – the carrot does no good, if it is at the wrong end of the horse

          Iteration and review and repetition

Benefits to Attendees:

  Leaders will identify and understand the source of their frustrations

  Learn new ideas on how to build strong organizational alignment with appropriate (and much lower) levels of personal involvement and direction

  Develop a framework and template for a planning process to install in your own company

  Understand how to design metrics that compliment the strategy, planning and goal setting process

  Have a calendar for a yearly process cycle

The workshop is open to a class size of 8 to 15 people.

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