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Strategic Business Planning with Empower
What is a Business Strategy?

A Business Strategy is the operation details of how you deliver your service and generate income. Often this evolves as a response to funding streams and many not-for-proft organisations lack a clear and robust method of doing business.

Business Strategy is a key component of an organisation that operates strategically.

A clear operational plan enables everyone to understand their role and play their part. 
Why should you have a Strategic Business Plan?
 
A strategic business plan will enable you to make clear, robust decisions about the direction the organisation is going and the challenges you face.  
 
What is 'Route to Market'?

Route to market is an essential element for any organisation. It explores who your customers are, where they are and what their values are. 
 
With this information you can plan a route to get your products or services to the customers who want them.
Competitor Analysis:

Competitor Analysis is a method of exploring who else is, or could be selling, to your customers.

Disregard your competitors at your own peril!

You need to know who they are and how they operate. 
Working in partnership:

There are several methods of generating income. Working in partnership with organisations who deliver complimentary services to yours has a range of possibilities. 
Read Empower's blog on Strategic Business Planning:

Do you have a business plan that informs the director of your organisation? If not, you are at risk of not taking into account the economic climate, and taking the organisation down blind alleys.

 

Strategic business planning is a process. An opportunity for the team to explore where the organisation is going and the risk it faces...Click here to view the full blog. 
Our Strategic Business Planning course
enables participants to examine their own organisation in relation to each section of the business process.

Thursday 27th September 2012 - Jasmine Centre, Ely Cardiff 

Tuesday 23rd October 2012 - Wrexham, North Wales     

 

CLICK HERE to book your place today or call us on 01443 749 787 or email us at admin@empowersvs.co.uk 

 

 

This is a funded Leadership & Management course, part funded by the European Social Fund through WAG - Terms and Conditions apply.

26th and 27th September 2012 

Richard Ley Conference Centre

Swansea

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