Leadership: Strategic Planning and Decision Making

Good leaders make long-term strategic decisions rather than reacting to every fire. This 60-minute strategic planning and decision making webinar strengthens managers' judgment and critical thinking using proven approaches, research and behavioral economics.

You'll follow the decision-making process from start to finish and learn to spot the cognitive biases that get in the way of good individual, group and organizational decisions.

On the planning side, you'll create a shared vision, develop a mission that guides daily action, set goals, objectives and strategies, and cascade the plan through the organization. The session also covers tracking progress, getting back on track and showing a return on your planning effort.

• Apply a strategic approach to planning instead of tactical firefighting
• Create a shared vision and a mission that guide daily decisions
• Develop goals, objectives and strategies and cascade them through the organization
• Track progress and get back on track when off plan
• Recognize cognitive biases that undermine good decisions
• Demonstrate ROI for planning efforts

• A strategic approach to planning
• Dropping the to-do list
• Creating a common vision to focus the organization
• Developing a mission to drive daily action and decisions
• Setting goals, objectives and strategies to fulfill the mission
• Success factors for cascading the plan through the organization
• Guidelines for implementation plans: who and why
• Using planning to engage employees
• Tracking progress against the plan
• Getting back on track when you are off plan
• Staying focused on results, not activity
• Making strategic decisions
• Growing, evolving and improving your plan
• Demonstrating ROI for your planning efforts

Planning often turns into firefighting or bureaucracy. This session helps leaders stay with the fundamentals, use the mission to drive daily decisions, engage employees by cascading the plan, focus on results rather than activity, and demonstrate ROI.

It suits CEOs, vice presidents, executive and managing directors, area supervisors, department and project managers, supervisors and leaders in any role.

• CEO
• Senior Vice President
• Vice President
• Executive Director
• Managing Director
• Regional Vice President
• Area Supervisor
• Manager
• Executives
• Departmental Managers
• Supervisors
• Project Managers
• Leaders in Any capacity

Rebecca Staton-Reinstein, Ph.D., and President of Advantage Leadership, Inc. works with leaders and their organizations to Increase your bottom-line results through strategic leadership, engaged employees, and delighted customers in all economic sectors. Draw on her proven ability to mentor you through major change, customizing successful solutions to your complex issues. For over 25 years, Rebecca has contributed value as an executive, manager, educator, and consultant, honored on four continents. She is a Ph.D. in organizational development, a National Speakers Association Legacy Professional Member, and St. Petersburg Engineering Academy Foreign Member and author of books on strategic leadership and planning.