Leadership & Strategy · Executive · Corporate
SPSLS
Strategic Planning Specialist
Leadership & Strategy
Executive level
10 Modules
40 Topics
Corporate
In-house or live virtual
Certification
Blue Ocean Academy certificate

SPSLS
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About the SPSLS Program
Someone has to own the planning calendar, prepare the analysis, facilitate the leadership sessions and keep the strategy document current. The program builds that specialist role: analysis tools, facilitation method, objective and indicator design, initiative tracking and the reporting pack behind every review. Delivered in-house at the client's premises or live virtual, it leaves planning specialists able to run a full annual cycle without depending on outside consultants.
What You Will Learn
- Understand the planning specialist role and mandate
- Build an annual strategic planning calendar
- Apply analysis tools to prepare leadership sessions
- Design objectives, indicators and cascade structures
- Lead planning workshops as a neutral facilitator
- Implement initiative tracking and portfolio discipline
- Measure progress and prepare the review pack
- Communicate strategy across the organization clearly
What you take away
Skills You'll Build

Workshop facilitation
Strategic analysis
Indicator design
Strategy reporting
Core Topics
Who Is This Program For?
Strategic planning specialists
Run the planning cycle without consultants
Strategy office staff
Standardize planning across business units
Performance management officers
Design and maintain the indicator set
Business analysts
Prepare analysis leaders will actually use
Corporate planning managers
Own the calendar, pack and cascade
Department planners
Align unit plans with corporate strategy
What's Included?
Delivery at your premises or live virtual for your planning function
Facilitation practice using your own planning calendar
Participant workbook, reporting pack templates and digital materials
Certificate of completion issued by Blue Ocean Academy
Blue Ocean Academy
Corporate training terms and scheduling policies apply
Course Outline
- Mandate and position in the organization
- Working with executives
- Neutrality and credibility
- Setting the program agenda
Every participant receives a Blue Ocean Academy certificate of completion
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Showcase Your Leadership & Strategy Expertise
Every participant receives a Blue Ocean Academy certificate that can be verified by their employer. Corporate clients receive a completion report for the whole cohort.
Digital Certificate
Verifiable Credential
Professional Recognition
Cohort Completion Report


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