Are Your Teams' existing Planning Exercises Addressing the Challenges ahead?

Here is an innovative Strategic Planning approach for Decision Makers in Energy & Petrochemicals Sectors!

Strategic Corporate Direction For Energy & Petrochemicals is a workshop developed by Decision Strategies International (DSI) to offer fresh perspectives on Scenario Planning and Strategic Decision-Making processes that will help you:

• Increase your team’s competitive agility against industry challengers.
• Identify and avoid common decision traps that derail sound, strategic decisions.
• Evaluate robust investment options in the face of multiple, potential futures of the energy industry.
• Evaluate major forces of change in the industry to “future-proof” the enterprise.
• Monitor & adapt to environmental and industry changes.

Scenario Planning & associated Dynamic Monitoring offer a framework for more effective strategic planning in a highly complex & uncertain energy sector.

Success or failure in energy depends on what companies decide, where they invest, and how they interpret what happens in the world around them. Let the experts show you how you can achieve all this and more at the Strategic Corporate Direction workshop!

This intensive 2-day session in Singapore on December 3 - 4, 2009 contextualises Scenario planning & strategic decision-making approaches for specific challenges faced by executives in the Energy and Petrochemicals industries.

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STEP by STEP methods to deal with changes in the Energy & Petrochemical Sectors.

Here are the key concepts in the planning process covered at the workshop:

On Day 1 (3 Dec) our expert leader will discuss and engage you in the following:

• Macroeconomic outlook and fundamentals of the finance and energy sectors, which will give a general round up of the current industry scenario. This session will also provide a “Setting” in the global context, by outlining the forces at work in the energy and petrochemicals industries around the world.
• Fundamentals of scenario-based planning, an outline of what the concept means, and how it can assist in the decision-making process.
• Framing, a model for making good decisions
• Expanding Strategic Choices explores the link between applying scenarios to expanding corporate strategic vision and choices.

Also on Day 1 (3 December, the Strategic Corporate Direction  workshop ends with a group interactive task to develop scenarios and apply scenario planning skills.

These scenarios will be presented to trigger further discussion from all participants to review scenarios of peers – a valuable exercise that will help you evaluate your learning objectives and shake off pre-conceived notions.

Day 2 (4 Dec) will zoom-in on applying the concepts, frameworks and techniques to link Core Competencies to Strategic Vision.

Highlights include:

• Identifying, evaluating & Measuring Core Competencies
• Defining the concept of “Segmentation”.
• Strategic Segmentation vs. Traditional Segmentation- How this Crucial Differentiation can alter your Strategic Vision.
• Setting direction and capability requirements for the future
• Identifying Key Success Factors
• Strategic Vision & Options Generation- Applying Scenarios.
• Analysing the Implications and Identifying the Options for Strategic Planning.
• The importance of scanning and monitoring the environment for important signals & active response.

The Strategic Corporate Direction For Energy & Petrochemicals workshop is an innovative yet disciplined strategic thinking approach suited for today’s volatile and complex environments.

This Brand New approach is ideal for the energy and petrochemicals sectors seeking fresh approaches for the future while maintaining business core competencies and traditional strengths.

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Dr. John Austin's effective training methods & sector-specific expertise completes the workshop package.

Dr. John Austin is a thought leader in areas of team leadership, knowledge transfer in teams, and organizational change implementation. His research on knowledge-based decision-making teams and the strategic actions of internal change agents are widely cited in academic literature.

A senior consultant in Executive Development at Decision Strategies International (DSI), Dr. Austin has worked with executives from key organisations including Shell, AREVA, and HSBC teaching them to apply scenario-planning techniques to their strategic challenges.

Dr. Austin’s approach is highly interactive. Participants are encouraged to engage with him and each other during his sessions. By delivering clear and precise explanations and answers to participant questions with his mentor-mentee approach, Dr. Austin will equip participants with the core competencies for scenario planning.

>> Secure your seats at this workshop NOW. Benefit from Dr. John Austin’s effective training methods & take home insights and skills on strategic planning.<<