Strategic Planning in Practice Training Course

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or on-site) is aimed at beginner-level, intermediate-level, and advanced-level professionals who wish to find, attract and engage with international candidates.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand Cultural Differences
• Understand Legal & Regulatory Aspects
• Apply Global Employer Branding
• Have Access to Global Talent & Recruitment Channels

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is tailored for beginner-level, intermediate-level, and advanced-level professionals aspiring to find, attract, and engage with premier international talent. 

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate between Proactive Sourcing and Reactive Recruitment.
• Understand the usage of LinkedIn Standard versus LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Master Boolean Search Techniques.
• Effectively sell the opportunity to candidates and collaborate with Hiring Managers.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level / intermediate-level / advanced-level professionals who wish to discover, learn and transform into a today's top leaders; or companies who wish to train their managers to become today's top leaders.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate their Leadership Style
• Explore the Modern Leadership Prototype
• Examine the Responsibilities of a Leader
• Enhance their Leadership Skills
• Serve as a Role Model

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level / intermediate-level / advanced-level professionals who wish to attract top international candidates with minimal effort.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Go From a Briefing Call to a SAM
• Design Modern and Catchy Job Descriptions
• Apply Employer Branding & EVP Strategies
• Post Single or Multiple Job ADs
• Receive a Tailored Long-List

The Architectural Design Strategies for Information Systems Programme is carefully developed to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to design, implement, and manage information systems that cater to the dynamic needs of contemporary businesses. It delves into the fundamental principles and advanced concepts of information systems architecture, exploring the strategic frameworks and methodologies required to create high-performance, secure, and resilient systems.

A brand’s digital presence is crucial for a business’s survival in today’s interconnected world.

This instructor-led, live training is designed for marketing professionals at all levels who wish to strengthen a business’s online brand positioning, evaluate brand performance, and manage brand image and reputation through a thorough Online Brand Audit.

The cumulative effect of multiple online touchpoints ultimately shapes how your target audiences perceive your company, and whether they choose to do business with you.

Conducting an online brand audit has become standard practice for businesses to evaluate and strengthen their brand positioning within a specific market.

In addition to assessing your brand’s owned online assets for strengths and weaknesses, this audit will dissect how your brand is being discussed on external channels your business does not own, to evaluate brand perception.

By the end of conducting an online brand audit, you will be empowered to develop a transformative brand marketing strategy that aligns with broader business goals.

Although this course falls under the category of 'Brand Management', it intersects with many other disciplines within an organisation; from customer experience and online user journeys to uncovering insights to marketing strategy and planning.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate a brand’s online presence for strengths and weaknesses.
• Uncover a business’s online reputation and image.
• Identify and strengthen a brand’s positioning in a given market.
• Build a results-driven brand strategy and integrated online marketing communication plan.
• Conduct a competitive brand analysis and build industry perceptual maps.
• Conduct an SEO audit.
• Learn the updated SEO guidelines in the age of AI.
• Uncover valuable insights about how different customer groups perceive a business and its products or services.
• Administer online social listening.
• Use AI to make conducting routine brand audits more efficient.

As the pace of change accelerates with digital business and Business 3.0, organization boundaries and alliances are constantly shifting. To survive and thrive in this new knowledge economy, teams and individuals need to learn how to resolve conflict more effectively while maintaining long term relationships. Unfortunately, most professionals receive very little education in effective conflict resolution, leading to situations where conflict is either avoided, responses are passive aggressive, or even worse, schoolyard bullying becomes the dominant means of winning conflict.

This instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote) is aimed at executives, leaders, teams and business individuals who wish to learn how to resolve conflict using practical, simple to follow yet highly effective conflict models. By the conclusion of the course, you will have experience with 14 powerful plug-and-play tools that can help you resolve conflict while maintaining positive relationships in the workplace.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify the 5 stages of effective conflict resolution.
• Agree how to deal with conflict before it starts
• Manage themselves positively through conflict.
• Work with proven methods to resolve conflict faster and more effectively
• Rehearse conflict to achieve a better outcome
• Learn from conflict to approach future conflicts differently.

The program includes simulations, role playing activities, and interactive workshops to give you the necessary practical experience. The course has an emphasis on fun, interactive, practical, visual and analogy based learning to help embed the models while moving at a fast pace. You can expect to hear about topics ranging from buildings, to emotions, to preparing your conflict dish, to lemmings, leading 20th Century psychologists, Harvard Business models, Yogic breathing, kidnapping, rice, chairs and Les Miserables.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Enterprise IT governance is crucial for aligning technology initiatives with business strategy, ensuring value delivery, and managing risk.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at advanced-level IT governance professionals who wish to deepen their understanding of governance frameworks, value delivery, and risk management while preparing for advanced-level certification.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Apply governance frameworks to align IT with business objectives.
• Optimize value delivery through strategic investment and benefit realization.
• Evaluate and mitigate enterprise risks, including emerging risks.
• Develop strategies for IT resource optimization and sourcing decisions.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) targets beginner-level financial analysts who wish to learn how to use OneStream for financial analysis, reporting, and data-driven decision-making, and prepare for relevant OneStream certifications.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be capable of:

• Grasping the core functionalities of OneStream XF.
• Navigating the OneStream interface and workspace effectively.
• Loading, transforming, and validating financial data.
• Constructing and analysing financial reports and dashboards.
• Leveraging OneStream’s workflow automation features for financial planning and consolidation.
• Preparing for OneStream certification exams (e.g., OneStream Certified Professional - Financial Modeler (OCP-FM), OneStream Implementation Consultant, etc.).

INTRODUCTION

Globalisation, transformed markets, intense competition and new technologies have converged to make organisational management focus more sharply on making certain that every internal programme and project achieves all intended results. Stakeholders are demanding that the internal and external forces of change are managed with the type of programmes that will enable the organisation to thrive in the face of change. Holding departments accountable for results is the essence of this unique seminar that presents the principles and practices on which Results-Based Management (RBM) is founded.

This Results-Based Management training course enables staff and managers to align, develop and review ongoing planning and reporting that is essential to the success of any public or private programme. This training seminar provides an understanding of the processes needed to bring different business teams together to (a) better manage and measure the outcomes of their respective programmes and projects; (b) keep a project under control; and (c) achieve stated objectives and goals.

This training course will highlight:

• The multiple processes of Results Based Management (RBP)
• The critical role of monitoring in demonstrating the performance of programs and projects and in steering the implementation process towards the intended results
• Developing realistic programme objectives and measures to assess project outcomes and impact
• Developing a results-based project framework
• Project and program scheduling and reporting
• Monitoring, evaluating and strengthening the effectiveness of a program

OBJECTIVES

This training course is designed to achieve five key objectives. At the end of the session you will learn how to:

• Apply current best practices in Results-Based Management (RBM)
• Demonstrate how to realise the potential for Results-Based Management (RBM)
• Design a RBM approach for involving all stakeholders
• Control RBM projects and measure outcomes
• Enable your teams to apply Results-Based Management (RBM) in their own activities

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This training seminar uses a number of learning tools including but not limited to:

• Case studies on real life examples of RBM
• Round table discussion groups to review and qualify the actual projects - ongoing or at the planning stage - by members of the group
• Video references on examples of the skills necessary to achieve results
• Presentation media on the steps to achieve RBM
• Open discussions on ideas and experiences with the participants

ORGANISATIONAL IMPACT

The organisation will benefit from this training seminar in the following ways:

• Improve the understanding of the principles, norms, standards, processes and responsibilities governing planning, monitoring and evaluation
• Overcome any resistance to using Results-Based Management
• Develop more efficient methods of controlling cost and outcomes
• Help staff members bring results to the forefront of their ongoing planning and reporting documents on a regular basis
• Overcome the pitfalls of project plans that delay and burden projects

PERSONAL IMPACT

The participants of this RBM training seminar enjoy many benefits personally and professionally in the following manner:

• Helping staff learn to focus on the issues that deliver the maximum results to their on-going planning and hard work
• Improving the communication skills that win over important stakeholder “buy-in” to improve their expectations to gain their power of influence
• Reduce the risks of carrying forth long projects that could lead to disappointing results and possible failure
• Learn the importance of monitoring and evaluation techniques to indicate the way to successful results
• Overcome the resistance from stakeholders by enabling solid evidence that secures your funding

WHO SHOUD ATTEND?

The NobleProg course “Result-Based Management” is designed to benefit experienced managers from any specialism within your organisation who have responsibility for successful execution of programmes and projects. It will develop high level managerial skills that are vital in achieving and sustaining continuous performance improvement.

This training course will particularly benefit the following professionals:

• Strategic and Operational Planning Specialists
• Supply Chain and Logistics Team Members
• Financial Managers
• Marketing and Business Development Staff
• Human Resource Managers

Overview

This five-day programme is designed to empower participants with advanced strategic thinking, planning, and management capabilities, encompassing the tactical and operational essentials required for successful implementation within high-pressure environments. The curriculum addresses critical challenges such as conflict management, driving change, defining effective leadership qualities, and team motivation. Through interactive case studies and industry-specific examples, attendees are encouraged to exchange experiences and hurdles, fostering the creation of practical, work-centric solutions that can be immediately applied in their respective roles.

The primary aim of this course is to equip executives with the competencies needed to scan the business landscape for profitable opportunities and to formulate strategies that secure a competitive edge in an increasingly contested marketplace. Furthermore, the programme offers insights into leadership best practices and behaviours, strengthening the capacity of executives to navigate the complexities and uncertainties associated with managing high-performance organisations.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Identify the primary challenges faced by an organisation;
• Explain various approaches to organisational development planning;
• Analyse the current business environment and its influencing factors;
• Assess resources both within and external to the organisation;
• Explain various approaches to managing strategy and its integration into the business plan;
• Evaluate alternative development strategies to recommend those most suited to the firm's needs;
• Apply a deeper understanding of strategic development plans;
• Objectively discuss the risks, benefits, and costs associated with implementing new strategies, including managing team conflict;
• Define approaches to managing identified risks;
• Analyse the potential positive and negative impacts on the firm resulting from implementing a new strategy;
• Design policies, systems, and processes to successfully implement emerging strategic plans;
• Cover the key steps in change management;

Who Should Attend

• Product\/Service Managers
• Newly appointed and established Managers and Team Leaders
• Heads of Operations
• Senior Bank Managers
• Human Resource Managers
• Operations Managers
• Marketing Managers

Methodology
The course comprises facilitated workshops supplemented by case studies derived from published real-life examples and\/or practical experience. Attendees will have opportunities to work in small groups to synthesise ideas and strategies and apply the material within the context of their own organisations or departments. Open forum discussions will also be a fundamental component of the learning process.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at mid-to-senior managers, team leaders, and strategy professionals who wish to sharpen their ability to think strategically, craft compelling visions, translate vision into actionable strategy, and lead implementation with confidence.

This course is designed for decision-makers whose primary objective is not to perform calculations and analysis themselves, but to comprehend them and select the appropriate statistical methods for an organization's strategic planning.

For instance, a prospective participant might need to decide how many samples must be collected before determining whether to launch a product.

If you require a longer course that covers the fundamental basics of statistical thinking, please consider the 5-day "Statistics for Managers" training.

Target Audience

Senior Managers seeking a deeper understanding of Strategic Management issues and their practical application.

Course Format

The course employs a blended approach comprising:

• Facilitated Discussions
• Slide Presentations
• Case Studies and Practical Examples

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Articulate the factors underlying successful strategic leadership and its connection to a robust organisational climate.
• Outline various strategic business models and assess their potential implications for their own organisations.
• Identify the core concepts essential for building high-performing teams and managing change effectively.
• Define and apply key financial metrics to gauge strategic success.

Audience

This programme is tailored for all staff members seeking a broader perspective on their specific roles within the business, as well as how these roles contribute to the overall success of the organisation.

Course Format

The learning experience combines:

• Guided discussions
• Slide presentations
• Practical exercises

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Define what a 'brand' is and identify ways to positively influence it
• Comprehend change strategies and understand your company's position within those frameworks
• Outline the core principles that underpin any business transformation
• Appreciate the critical role of customer and stakeholder relationships in business success
• Clarify the financial elements of the business, including your specific department's contribution
• Identify key aspects of negotiation to secure the most favourable outcomes for your area of responsibility