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Strategy Seminar
The future is uncertain: how do you engage people and stay flexible?
Conventional strategy models assume you know what the environment is and what your competitors are going to do. The reality, in the turbulent world of not-for-profits, is that you can't know these things, and need a flexible, nimble strategy that enables you to constantly adapt to unforeseen changes.
Join us on this intensive half-day seminar to explore the models and approaches that can help us shape and control our strategic destiny.
Benefits
- gain the frameworks, tools and ideas needed for a strategic overhaul
- find out how business models in the sector are changing – in terms of structure, funding, service delivery and beneficiaries
- discover ways of expressing strategy in a way that aligns and engages trustees, staff, beneficiaries and donors
- learn from strategy case studies including Sightsavers International, Christian Aid, International HIV/AIDS Alliance and The UK Film Council
Find out more about the speakers and sessions.
Thought Bite: Knowing your organisation
As Sun Tzu wrote, a good strategy depends on you really knowing yourself, i.e. your organisation. That knowledge of your organisation and how all the different elements work together, helps you decide where to focus your attention and how to respond to what Sun Tzu calls "the infinite variety of circumstances" – which in the contemporary not-for-profit environment could be anything from the credit crunch to a new government to changing beneficiary needs. In this Thought Bite we introduce you to the 7S framework, a model for assessing your overall strategic health in terms of strategic flexibility and effectiveness. |
If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt.
