Implementing Strategy in the Civil Service – Two-Day Training Seminar (London)
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Implementing Strategy in the Civil Service
Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th November
Central London
Day One Wednesday 15th November: The Foundations of Strategy
Day Two Thursday 16th November: Policy Implementation and Delivery
Guest Speaker: Professor Colin Talbot, Emeritus Professor of Government, Manchester University
To book your place on this seminar, or for details of discounts for group bookings, please email David Leakey on [email protected] or phone on +44 20 7661 7817.
Introduction and Overview
A strategy is only as good as its implementation – the extent to which it actually delivers intended policy outcomes. This event provides an in-depth exploration of the key ingredients for implementing strategy and policy in the civil service or any public sector role. Starting with the foundations of strategy, the event explores a wide range of implementation issues including feasibility, capacity, project management and change management. The event is very interactive and will include insights from senior civil service leaders.
Who Should Attend and Why?
You should attend this if you are involved in a public sector strategy, policy or delivery role or if you aspire to such a role in the future. The training will develop your ability in your current role and also support your career development as a leader. The event is designed to be of benefit whether or not you have had previous experience of strategy, policy and implementation work. The course is also highly relevant for those whose roles interact with the practicalities of delivery and evaluation in the policy process, such as staff from Regulators, Local Government, or SAIs.
Objectives
By attending this training, you will understand all the essential insights needed to enable you make strategic choices, plan policy implementation, innovate, adapt and deliver strategic policy projects. Specifically, you will:
- Understand the core elements of strategy and strategic thinking
- Be able to innovate and adapt your strategy to new challenges as they arise
- Gain new insights into successful implementation and delivery
- Understand the core elements of project management and change management
- Consider how to demonstrate leadership on all aspects of strategy implementation
To book your place on this seminar, or for details of discounts for group bookings, please email David Leakey on [email protected] or phone on +44 20 7661 7817.
Agenda
Times on the Agenda are in UK Time
The course runs each day from 09:45 to 16:45
Day One Wednesday 15th November The Foundations of Strategy
09:45 Welcome, Introductions and Overview of the Course
Session One The Why and Where of Strategy
- Understanding organisational strengths, weaknesses, and how they relate to the opportunities and threats facing our organisation
- Clarifying “the big why” – why the organisation does what it does and the difference it will make to others
- Exploring where we want to be in three to five years from now and beyond
- Creating meaningful strategic goals
Break
Session Two Strategy as Choice
- Exploring alternative strategies
- Keys to innovation
- How to choose which strategy is best
- How to achieve the most significant results with available resources
- Focusing our efforts and being clear what we are saying no to.
Lunch Break
Session Three Strategy as How
- Strategy and operations compared
- Ensuring the right systems, resources, capabilities, communication and collaboration are in place to deliver the strategy
- Facing possible obstacles and working out how to address them
- Managing strategic risks
- Managing change and creating momentum for success
Break
Session Four The Who and When of Strategy
- Strategic planning and project planning compared.
- Keys to successful project management
- Who should we involve in developing a strategy and when should we involve them?
- A question of balance: how to ensure the policy plan stays on track vs how to adapt and modify the strategy
- Ensuring accountability and ownership
- Promoting learning and continuous improvement
Conclusion, Final Questions and Discussion
16:45 Close
Day Two Thursday 16th November Policy Implementation and Delivery
Guest Speaker: Professor Colin Talbot, Emeritus Professor of Government, Manchester University
09:45 Session One Making Deliverable Strategic Policy Choices
- Are the options deliverable?
- Are the proposed policy options politically and publicly acceptable?
- Are new legal powers necessary and what timescales would be involved if so?
- Are the proposed policy options enforceable?
- Discussion of delegates’ experiences
Break
Session Two Capacity Analysis
- Analysis and approaches
- Ensuring adequate resources to deliver
- Methods for stress-testing organisational capacity
- How to avoid common pitfalls – what does not work well and why?
- Sharing delegates’ examples
Lunch Break
Session Three Practical Tools for Managing Change
- Planning and communicating change
- Methods for change management (and how not to do it)
- Leadership and change
- Involving implementers
- Review of delegate experiences
Break
Session Four Strategic Resilience
- Using scenario planning to make the policy more resilient
- Systems thinking and strengthening feedback loops
- Accountability without a blame culture
- Monitoring, learning and adapting
16:45 Final Discussion and Close
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Price
The price of attending this two-day Training Seminar in Central London is:
GBP£ 1,000 per person
USD$ 1,250 per person
CAD$ 1,675 per person
EUR€ 1,130 per person
Please contact us for details of discounts for group bookings, or to arrange a conversation with a member of our training team to discuss in-house delivery options, including tailoring the day’s training to your specific needs.
You can email David Leakey on [email protected] or phone on +44 20 7661 7817.
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