Certified Hoshin Planning Facilitator 

Course Description

In an increasingly ambiguous and volatile world, effective strategic planning is becoming a core competency for any business or operational leader. Yet, this discipline is underdeveloped in many organizations. At worst, immature strategic planning processes can reduce rather than increase coherence across an organization. Successful strategic planning requires expert facilitation and the application of proven state-of-the-art methods to make best use of the combined brainpower and creative diversity in an organization. Strategic plans can then predictably exploit the best opportunities and result in strategy execution that works.

Duration: 
32 hours over 8 weeks

Delivery Mode: 
Virtual Lab
Methodology: 
Strategy
Duration: 
32 hrs
CEU Credits: 
3.2

$3,250.00

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Course Overview

Learning Objectives

After completing this course participants will:

  • Understand the breadth and depth of the body of knowledge around strategy development, planning, and execution
  • Know how to validate a given strategy and ensure it is robust
  • Know how to translate this strategy into a strategic plan that works using Hoshin Planning
  • Know how to keep the execution of this plan on track

After successful certification, participants will be able to:

Apply state-of-the-art approaches for strategy using a dynamic, facilitated approach Use Hoshin Planning as a disciplined approach to strategic planning Support and orientate company leaders in strategic planning activities

Mission-critical for reaching these objectives is the willingness to read and reflect, seek expert coaching where needed, and continuously sharpen the required influencing and facilitation skills.

Pre-requisites

Prereading and assigned e-learning

Who Should Attend?
  • Anyone leading strategic planning in an organization
  • Business leaders looking to plan strategy in a predictable and reliable manner at either the corporate or operational level
Certification

In order to certify you must complete all days of training.

To be eligible to obtain CEUs
Participants must attend all instructor-led sessions and fully contribute to all instructional activities.

This certification program is designed to build the relevant skills for those working in a strategic planning or strategy execution role. Participants will learn how to validate and update strategy, how to translate this strategy into a coherent strategic plan, how to align it with the entire organization, and how to keep the execution of this plan on track throughout a planning cycle by engaging leadership, management, and employees in a facilitated approach to strategic planning and execution.

Participants will become familiar with concepts in strategy creation and how to connect these to Hoshin Kanri-based strategic planning. Specifically, the course will give students foundational knowledge in the Hoshin Planning process, how to use its tools for strategic planning, and how to manage a facilitated strategy execution process. Certified students will graduate with the skills of Hoshin Planning as well as the ability to manage the Hoshin Planning process to deliver results through monthly and annual strategy reviews.

Demonstrating their newly acquired skills in one annual planning cycle and its execution will make the certified participants invaluable enablers for structured strategy creation, strategic planning, and strategy execution.

3.2 CEUs are available for this course.

Introduction to Strategy - Current State of Affairs
  • Operational Strategy Model
Strategy Creation
  • Strategic Thinking with Analytical Tools
  • Strategy Building with Poster - Reverse Engineering a strategy
  • Vision, Breakthrough Objectives
Introduction to Hoshin Kanri Methodology
  • Planning Tool - X-Matrix
  • Catchball
  • Deploy and Implement Strategy throughout an organization
Strategy Execution
  • Implementation with 5 key tools
  • Effective Transformation
  • Daily Management Disciplines and performance excellence tools

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Lean Methods Group reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule courses and to change instructors. We will do our best to ensure you are aware of changes 6 weeks prior to the course start date. Please be advised that in the event of a course cancellation, Lean Methods Group is not responsible for airfare penalties or other travel related expenses you may incur.

While we recognize the need to cancel due to unforeseen events, we kindly ask that you consider the other students in this course when cancelling your enrollment. We ask for 6-weeks advance notice so that we may fill your spot and ensure a fun class for the other students.

  • Requests for cancellations/transfers received at least 6 weeks before the start of the course receive a full refund/transfer to another workshop
  • Requests received within 4 weeks of the course shall receive a 50% refund.
  • After the course starts, there are no refunds or transfers.
  • Registrants who fail to attend without advance notice are liable for the entire course fee.
  • We can transfer your course fees to another Lean Methods e-learning or instructor-led course of your choice.
  • You must successfully complete the entire course or program before IACET CEUs, PDUs and a Certificate of Completion can be awarded.

You must successfully complete the entire course or program before IACET CEUs, PDUs and a Certificate of Completion can be awarded.