Get those ideas and business opportunities out of your mind and into your strategic plan!
Date: Tuesday, the 25th of March & Tuesday the 01st of April 2025
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Location: County Wexford Chamber of Commerce Boardroom
Full Fee €299 per person
Skillnet Funded Fee: €195 per person
2 Day Programme
How well your company stands out from the competition may well be clearly defined in your strategic plan. But achieving your desired position depends on how well your strategy is implemented, and this remains the greatest challenge facing organisations worldwide. The solution rests with communicating your strategy to your employees and empowering them to exceed and excel. Your people are the implementers of your strategy. Your strategy plan is a crucial element for success helping you to focus on your long-term goals and identify priority areas of growth while managing risk and potential pitfalls. Closing the strategy to performance gap is a key component of your strategy, which will ensure your roadmap for success is clear, relatable and measurable.
Day 1/Your strategy plan
- Define your ultimate vision, values and purpose (aim at 3 – 5 years maximum) – Incremental or Transformational Change planned?
- Evaluate the current status of your business & identify key areas requiring improvement
- Define your priority goals for your business and assess readiness and risk
- Apply the balanced scorecard and develop your strategy map
Day 2
- Communicate your strategic plan and KPIs
- Review business processes to align with new direction
- Close the strategy to performance gap – focus on your teams
- Develop measurable KPIs
Your Strategy Planning Workshop Facilitator:
Charley Swords Consultancy
Established in 1997 on leaving Bank of Ireland Group after 18 years. For over 27 years, Charley has been guiding c-suite executives, Boards of Directors, leadership teams, business owners and high achieving professionals across 30+ countries to unlock their highest potential and drive sustainable success. Her passion lies in empowering leaders to thrive at the pinnacle of their careers – through strategic alignment, innovative leadership, and people-first transformation.
Drawing on her move from commercial banking in Ireland to setting up her consultancy business in 1997 and through her local and global experience, modernising leadership took on a new meaning when she saw that employees were not at the heart of the decision-making agenda across multiple sectors. Additionally, the need for them to be seen, heard and valued – at all levels in organisations from the front line up to and including at c-suite level, became ever more evident.
Charley believes the most successful leaders are those who align with their purpose and bring out the best in their people. This means mastering modern leadership styles that prioritise empathy, inclusivity, and long-term, high-performance cultures. She challenges conventional leadership frameworks by combining sharp strategic insights with a deeply human approach to create Revolutionary Leaders who first master their own leadership and position themselves confidently without being seen as a direct challenge. Whether you’re navigating complex corporate cultures or dealing with the challenges posed by multi-cultural and multi-generational teams, Charley guides in breaking through barriers to achieve the next level of influence, fulfilment, and impact. Charley is a partner to and associate lecturer in Frankfurt School of Finance and Management for 17+ years and to the International Academy for Banking and Finance Management for 4+ years.
Charley is permanently engaged and is an international leadership, strategy and career mentor, business consultant, trainer, speaker and author. The team comprises a business development and digital partner; a bookkeeper and a VA on an outsourced basis. For larger projects, associate consultants and trainers are contracted on a case by case basis.