Strategy and Business Planning

Management & Leadership · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900

Overview

This Strategic Thinking, Analysis & Business Planning training course gives you a robust practical framework to formulate, develop, and implement plans to achieve strategic goals and realize your vision. It shows you how to break out of reacting to day-to-day problems, so you can build a team or organization that is more proactive and resilient to change.

Learning Objectives

• Learn how to develop a plan to achieve the goals you want for you and your organization (company/division/business unit/team)
• Develop strategic thinking in your organization
• Develop a strategic plan for your organization
• Identify the principles and mechanisms that drive successful implementation
• Develop measurable action plans that result in success
• Understand your underlying business model and how it relates to your strategy

Who Should Attend

This Strategic Thinking, Analysis & Business Planning training course provides a vital knowledge base to prepare for greater responsibility and moving into more senior roles. It will benefit managers who are about to take on strategic responsibility; those who have recently done so and more established senior managers who want to update their knowledge, including: Business Managers Team Leaders Process Leaders Functional Managers Project Managers Newly-appointed Senior Managers

• Business Managers
• Team Leaders
• Process Leaders
• Functional Managers
• Project Managers
• Newly-appointed Senior Managers

Course Outline

Day 1 — Strategic Thinking and Planning

• The Essence of Strategy – Core Concept and Definition of Terms
• The Difference between Good Strategy and Bad Strategy
• How to Think Strategically? – Practical Techniques
• Leadership and Management, Comparing Strategy and Operations

Day 2 — Developing Strategy – The Power of Business Analysis

• Understanding the Importance and Value of a “Business Model”
• Vision, Values, Mission, and Goals – Strategy as Perspective
• Analysing your Business Environment
• How to Evaluate Your Organisation’s Competencies and Capabilities?

Day 3 — Strategy Development, Choice and Translation

• Levels of Strategy: Corporate, Business and Functional
• Competitive Strategy – Strategy as Position
• Emergent Strategies – Strategy as Patterns
• Uncertainty and Scenarios – Strategy as Plans

Day 4 — Embedding Strategy in the Organisation

• Communicating Strategy and Managing Stakeholders
• How to Manage Strategic Risk?
• Alignment of Operations with Strategy
• Strategic Performance Measurement

Day 5 — Bringing It All Together

• Building a Strategy / Business Planning Team
• Analysing Business Models and Strategies in an Industry
• Understanding and Overcoming Psychological Bias
• Overview of the Whole Course

Accreditation

Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.

Dates & Venues

Dates	Venue	Delivery	Duration	Fee (USD)
11–15 October 2026	Riyadh, KSA	Public	5 days	3,900

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do Al-Khobraa management and leadership courses cover?

The portfolio covers KPIs and performance management, strategic planning and execution, Mini MBA programmes, supervisory and first-line management skills, change leadership, decision-making and problem-solving, and executive communication. Sessions are workshop-based, built around delegates’ own organisational challenges.

Who should attend a management and leadership course?

These courses suit team leaders and supervisors, department and functional managers, newly promoted managers moving from technical to leadership roles, senior specialists preparing for management, and executives responsible for strategy or organisational performance.

How long are management and leadership courses, and where are they held?

Most Al-Khobraa management and leadership courses run over 5 days. The exact duration, dates and city for this course are listed in the dates section on this page. Public sessions run across Saudi Arabia — Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Jubail and Yanbu — as well as regional and international venues, with live virtual classrooms available on request.

What certificate will I receive?

Delegates who complete the course receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of completion, issued by a Saudi-registered training provider. Al-Khobraa also delivers internationally accredited programmes; where a course carries an external awarding body such as PMI, CIPS, ILM or IOSH, that body is named on the course's own page.

Can management and leadership training be delivered in-house for our team?

Yes. Any Al-Khobraa management and leadership course can be delivered in-house at your own premises anywhere in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, with the content, dates and language of delivery tailored to your team. Al-Khobraa is an approved HRDF (Hadaf) provider, so eligible Saudi employers can seek training support. Contact us for a quotation.

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