CMP Course Catalogue - Course Outlines

"Foundations of Strategy I"

Core Educational Area: Business Development
Course type: Skill Building
Accredited Educational Partner: VERO Group Inc.
Designed for: Owners, managers, CEOs and sales executives
Delivery Format: Self study, teleconference calls
Time Required: 40 hours
Cost: $1,500 ($1,360 plus 7 conference calls x approx. $20 each)
CMP Credit: 1.0
CE Credit: TBA
Languages: English, French

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Foundations of Strategy I is an organizational goal-setting program geared for bottom-line results. This is achieved through an organizational size-up, setting a clearly defined mission, establishing appropriate goals in key areas, setting organizational priorities and planning their accomplishment, strengthening your organizational structure, and tracking the progress of your organization, your employees, and yourself.

COURSE OVERVIEW:
Foundations of Strategy I assists the participants in redesigning their organization/department in the following way:
- Future Organizations, Future Leaders
- Size-Up: Knowing Where You Stand
- Values & Mission: Setting Organizational Standards
- Strategy: Vision, Opportunities & Direction
- Strategic Marketing: Priorities and Planning
- Strategic Organizational Development: Building Capability
- Strategic Success Plans: Managing the New Organization
- Performance & Results: Renewing Goals and Plans

BENEFITS:

Participants of Foundations will:
- Learn how to size up their organization/department and its environment
- Set a clearly defined mission
- Experience a complete S.W.O.T. analysis and future challenges
- Establish appropriate goals in six key operational areas
- Set organizational priorities and plan their accomplishment
- Strengthen their organizational structure

Participants of Foundations will also:
- Track the progress of the organization, the employees, and themselves
- Learn how to recycle their goals program for continuous growth
- Align their departmental goals with the corporate goals of the organization
- Understand their role in the ongoing growth of the company
- Become part of an annual process

EXPECTED OUTCOMES:
This is the foundation for achieved future growth and development.
Achieved results will be: increased revenues, decreased expenses and optimization of mission critical staff and systems.

PRE-COURSE RECOMMENDATIONS:
The completion of a Win/win Agreement, Pre-Seminar questionnaire, program survey and the first lesson in preparation for the initial conference call.

DELIVERY FORMAT:
There will be 6 weekly conference calls and one 30-day follow-up call set up.

TIME COMMITMENT:
This program contains 8 development modules and requires a total of 41 hours as follows:
- 1hour of pre-work
- 7 – 90 minute conference calls
- 30 hours of Self Study