FROM STRATEGY TO EXECUTION

Imagine your managers leaving the strategy session knowing exactly what it means for their department: what they'll deliver, how they'll measure it, what resources it needs, and how they'll report progress in a way leadership can act on.

This programme isn't about managing individual employees. It teaches managers to take organisational strategy and turn it into a departmental operating plan, then track, correct and report on it until it delivers.

Who it's for: Managers and heads of department accountable for departmental output, including those who have already completed foundational management training.

THE FOUR MODULES

1. From Organisational Strategy to Departmental Objectives
Understanding where the organisation is going, and what that asks of your department specifically.
Understanding organisational strategy · Translating strategy into departmental objectives · Defining departmental priorities · Aligning team responsibilities with organisational goals

2. Planning for Departmental Delivery
Strategic departmental planning: a clear plan with the measures, resources and milestones to deliver it.
Departmental planning · Setting KPIs and outputs · Resource and capacity planning · Allocating resources to strategic objectives · Setting timelines and milestones

3. Monitoring Performance and Managing Delivery
Departmental performance management: knowing early when delivery is drifting, and bringing it back on track.
Monitoring departmental outputs · Tracking KPIs and targets · Identifying gaps between planned and actual performance · Identifying obstacles and risks · Taking corrective action · Keeping performance on track

4. Reporting Results and Driving Continuous Improvement
Turning results into insight, and insight into the next plan.
Reporting results · Presenting departmental performance clearly · Analysing results and trends · Identifying areas for improvement · Using performance information to inform planning · Closing the loop between results, learning and organisational objectives

Format: Self-paced online · Participant Guide and Workbook for each module · Pre-Course Reflection, end-of-course quiz and Final Reflections · Email support from a course coordinator · Optional monthly live Q&A sessions (additional fee)

Also available as part of the full Operational Leadership programme, with The Manager's Toolkit.