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Mastering the One Page Strategic Plan

Presented by Kevin Lawrence, Certified by Verne Harnish author of "Mastering the Rockefeller Habits"

DATE:      January 21, 2009 - Vancouver
TIME:       9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
VENUE:    Terasen Building - 1111 West Georgia Steet

This workshop will help you capture the very essence of your strategic direction in a way that crystallizes where you need to go and how to get there…with the tools to energize your staff to make it happen.

The morning session concentrates on people and strategy, organized around the highly regarded One-Page Strategic Plan document. Topics covered include:

  • Cash Model - how to double your operating cash flow in twelve months
  • Market intelligence - how leading firms "learn faster" to remain ahead of their competitors and to drive priority settings
  • People - how to select and hire A players and then avoid demotivating them
  • Core Ideology - bringing your core values and core purpose alive to energize your employees and simplify your human resource system
  • BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) - aligning it with your business fundamentals
  • Brand Promise - the key strategic decision that differentiates you from competitors, i.e. "if you can't state your strategy in a sentence, you don't get it!"
  • X Factor - the 10 - 30 times advantage over competitors that helps you dominate your industry and block competitive response
  • Annual and Quarterly Focus - the most critical short term decisions an executive team can make to drive alignment and performance

The afternoon centers on execution, organized around the highly regarded one-page strategic plan. Topics covered include:

  • Rockefeller Habits Checklist - ten essential habits that reduce the executive time needed to manage the business from 50 hours / week to less than 15 hours
  • Meeting Rhythms - the daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual meetings rhythm and the specific agendas that make them effective and practical
  • Metrics - the three types of metrics that drive the business on a daily and weekly basis
  • Priorities - using daily, weekly, and quarterly themes to drive alignment and focus
  • Organizational Structure - the three types of organizational charts and how to apply them to keep everyone accountable
  • Themes - how to use them to make your priorities memorable and add energy to your organization


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    REGISTER FOR THE ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM AT WHISTLER BEFORE JANUARY 20 AND RECEIVE TWO COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS WORKSHOP

    This workshop is for Presidents, CEOs and Senior Executives of technology companies

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