Heyd Strategy

Annual Strategy Days: Charting the Year Ahead

Workshops

Duration: 2 days
In-person corporate workshop

 

About this workshop

A blend of strategic focus and team alignment over two days. This event is designed for leadership teams and emphasizes setting tangible priorities and goals for the organization. It offers an opportunity to revisit the long-term roadmap, ensuring that annual initiatives and objectives are aligned with the bigger picture and actionable with clear objectives and key results. Beyond strategy, this workshop fosters team building, ensuring a cohesive unit ready to navigate the year’s challenges and opportunities.

Who will benefit most from this workshop?

C-level executives, senior management, department heads, and leadership teams.

Why choose an Annual Strategy Days workshop?

In a dynamic business world, taking a moment to collectively align, strategize, and bond is paramount. This workshop gives leaders the space to chart a clear course for the year ahead while strengthening internal bonds, ensuring a unified approach to achieving organizational objectives.

What will participants achieve in this workshop?

  1. Performance overview

    Critically assess the past year, identifying both successes and growth areas.

  2. Strategic alignment

    Align annual initiatives with the long-term organizational roadmap.

  3. Prioritization exercise

    Clearly define the organization’s goals and priorities for the coming year.

  4. Introduction to OKRs

    Grasp the nuances of the OKR framework to ensure measurable and actionable outcomes.

  5. Risks and opportunities

    Recognize potential challenges and spotlight growth avenues.

  6. Team cohesion

    Build inter-departmental collaboration and unity with a series of team-building exercises

Typical Content

Note: These topics serve as illustrative examples. Our workshops are highly customized, ensuring content aligns closely with your organization’s unique needs and context.

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  • The year in retrospect
    A reflective analysis of the milestones, successes, and learnings of the past year.
  • Market dynamics deep dive
    Exploring the latest findings to understand our positioning and the macro forces at play.
  • Roadmap refinement
    Re-evaluating our multi-year strategic path, confirming its relevance, and identifying any areas of evolution.
  • The power of OKRs
    Introducing the framework and its potential, followed by a hands-on session to craft preliminary OKRs for key initiatives.
  • Strategy renewal session
    A space for brainstorming and encouraging innovative thoughts that can rejuvenate our existing strategies or create new pathways.
  • Future scenarios
    Uncover potential market shifts, technological advances, and geopolitical influences to ensure a resilient and adaptive strategy.
  • Navigating potential challenges
    An open discussion on anticipated risks, from market volatility to internal organizational shifts, and brainstorming proactive solutions.
  • Team cohesion
    Team building activities that also serve a strategic purpose, fostering both unity and clarity.
  • Segmented strategy sessions
    Dedicated time for each business line, department, or function to sketch out their respective visions for the year ahead.
  • 12-month action plan
    Formulating a detailed, action plan that breaks down annual goals into quarterly sprints, ensuring consistent momentum and periodic reflection.
  • Concluding summary
    a collaborative session to weave together insights and plans from individual breakout discussions into a coherent organizational blueprint.

Customized strategy sessions

Each organization is different with distinct aspirations and needs. Because of this, our strategy workshops are tailored to address your specific requirements.

Get in touch today to create a strategy experience that truly resonates with your leadership team.

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