10-day Strategic Vision & Business Risk Management Strategies Course

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Course Overview

Effective strategic tools and skills are highly prized in corporate leaders. Forward-looking strategy formulation can make the difference between a profitable business and one that stagnates. Managing business risk is about the application of planning and good governance to maximise success and proactively manage uncertainty that may affect operational performance, achievement of business objectives or meeting stakeholder expectations.

This course is designed to combine proven-by-practice methods with new insights and ideas from a wide range of current strategic thinking. Participants will learn the techniques of strategy formulation and systematic approach towards goals achievement. This training course is intended to provide both risk and non-risk professionals with concepts that allow them to recognise and escalate risk-related issues before they become too severe. The course provides a pragmatic approach to the management of most common business risks and helps participants to maintain a Business Risk Plan.

This 10-day Strategic Vision & Business Risk Management Strategies training course consists of two modules which can be taken as a 10 Day Training course, or an individual, 5 Day courses

Module 1 – Strategic Planning & Goal Setting

Module 2 – Effective Business Risk Management Strategies

Learning Objectives

The 10-day Strategic Vision & Business Risk Management Strategies is based on accomplishing the following objectives:

Understand and Develop a strategic direction
Identify the Company strengths and weaknesses
Identify markets and competitions
Formulate possible strategies
Do a strategic plan for your organisation or department
Draw up and implement an action plan
Achieve objectives by linking KPIs, business goals and vision
Avoid the common pitfalls and risks of management
Identify the steps for managing departmental/business risk
Lower costs and confusion
Prioritize stakeholder input and support
Set departmental expectations and establish risk ‘recovery’ plans
Communicate with and control of/influence over stakeholders to minimize the risk
Develop a personal business risk plan

Target Audience

The 10-day Strategic Vision & Business Risk Management Strategies course is designed for:

All professionals & leaders from any industry who desire an in-depth knowledge of best practices in strategic planning, development, and implementing a plan
Anyone who is interested in developing their capacity as a strategic thinker
Anyone who has the responsibility for translating a vision into a plan, into being understood by the workforce, and seeing the vision be transformed into reality
Senior executives and management level employees involved in the formation and implementation of business strategy.
All employees who need to improve their proactive business risk management and risk communication skills.
Risk management professionals
Senior Management Team responsible for the business risk management function or process
Senior Internal Auditors and assurance professionals such as those in Compliance and QA functions who are being asked to review the business risk process
Finance and insurance professionals who need knowledge of the wider approach to business risk management.

Training Methodology

Our highly practical experiential learning method is results-oriented; based on an adult learning concept; incorporates short inspiring lectures with structured lessons from the learning manual; captivating PowerPoint slides with videos to enhance learning; ongoing discussions with action planning; ample time for Q&A; training activities to reinforce key concepts within a fun learning environment; and is designed to function as an interactive group process with delegates continuously building their capacity through interaction and experiential learning.

Pre & Post course assessments will be used to measure the effectiveness of this training and measure the skill and ability of participants.

Course Contents

Module 1 - What is Strategic Thinking?

Key Topics

What is our business? Why do we choose this business?
Leadership roles in supporting this: Styles and case
Example of Strategic Thinking & Planning: The Value Curve
Culturalize The Strategic Thinking & Planning: Concept and application of Lean Management

Module 2 - Ideas toward achieving business vision

Key Topics

Business idea generation: focus on problem solving
What is our vision?
How do we achieve the vision?

Module 3 -What are necessary to have effective strategic thinking

Key Topics

SWOT Analysis: looking at our strengths and weaknesses
Market Analysis
Market Options Matrix – definition, case, commentary, what can we do
Growth-Share Matrix – definition, case, commentary, what can we do
Competitive Environment: the 5 Forces – definition, case, commentary, what can we do

Module 4 - Goal setting and Implementation

Key Topics

Workshop on Strategies and Plans: WHAT do we need to do to achieve the vision?
Tools to help KPIs:
SMART goals
Parkinson Principle in goal setting

Module 5 - Final results and measurement

Key Topics

Departmental KPIs and Target setting: HOW do we ensure they become realized?
Practical department by department KPI workshop
Converting Vision to Reality: achieving company’s vision
How to do it in a way that is easy to be understood and implemented

Module 6 -Introduction to Risk Culture

Key Topics

Introduction to managing risk and effective risk management techniques
Definitions and key approaches to implementing a risk culture
Learn from real cases of risk culture ‘failure’
Develop practical techniques for risk culture management
Appreciate the limitations of risk assessment tools
Discover the latest developments in risk practice and standards

Module 7 - Planning to Mitigate Risk

Key Topics

The three primary business risks in order of frequency of occurrence
The different types of risk assessment tools
Implement a risk departmental culture
The role of external pressures, including regulations
The barriers to risk culture control

Module 8 -Integrating Business Risk into Day-to-Day Activities

Key Topics

Analyze the root causes of risk
Integrate business risk and opportunities for innovation into your role
Overcome barriers to embedding risk management and potential solutions
General management techniques to add value to the risk-based decision-making
Assessing and prioritizing risks is determining its probability and imp

Module 9 -Embedding Risk Management

Key Topics

Identify behaviors that support risk management
How to encourage and draw maximum benefit from positive behaviors needed to embed risk management
Analyze the problems that currently frustrate you, reinvigorating yourself with the fresh focus
Break risks down into their component parts and explore how each element relates to risk
Communicate and implement the action plan you develop on the course

Module 10 -Risk Reporting for Maximum Business Benefit

Key Topics

Articulate and report to management/team risks that could have an impact on your department
Conduct (quick) quality and typical management risk assessments
Assist risk owners to resolve problems
Communicate the benefits of risk management and win the support of stakeholders
Advise senior managers/team members on improving systems
Intervene to address instances where risk management efforts are being hampered
Action planning: 10 reminders for the risk champion

Classroom Session

Dubai

22 - 31 Mar 2027

$11,200

Paris

19 - 28 Jul 2027

$11,900

Dubai

06 - 15 Dec 2027

$11,200

Online Session

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Certificate

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will receive a PROMISE Certificate of Completion.

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will receive a PROMISE Certificate of Completion.

This Program has been approved for 25.00 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR , aPHRi , PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi and SPHRi recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®)

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