Building Our Future:
Strategies and Business Plans That Work

In a Nutshell
One the marks of a successful enterprise is the ability of those involved to visualize and engage in creating the organization’s future. Building Our Future is a method of quickly and effectively creating a plan that everyone understands and sees how to contribute. This process also results in creating automatic alignment around key issues. Depending on the needs and commitment level of the client, Building Our Future can go into great depth or it can be as narrow as the defining goals and objectives for a work group on a specific project

Target Audience
Senior or executive level managers, staff or employees who are responsible for setting the mid- and long term strategy and planning within their organizations.
Business groups, departments or teams who are working to develop and execute new strategies

Duration
1 day, with the prospect of additional time being required for conducting a “Voice of the Customer” survey or other instrument

Preliminaries
Careful consideration needs to go into the design of this exercise to account for the various ranges of commitment and the levels of specificity required.

Content in brief

• Overview of Systems Thinking
• Internal and external market scans
• SWOT Analysis
• Hearing “The Voice of the Customer”
• Planning from the future to the present
• Plan writing and communication
• Employee involvement and plan implementation

Outcomes
Employees who can think critically based on systemic needs
Preliminary development of business, departmental, or initiative business plans
Exposure to proven planning and implementation techniques
Clearer sense of personal and organizational direction

For more information on building business and strategic plans, contact us: info@bristleconelearning.com