Goal Setting, Planning & Decision Making

COURSE DURATION 5 DAYS

Dates:21^st to 25^th September 2026

Creating Future Success through Direction, Clarity, and Purpose

Course Introduction

Are you clear about your purpose, vision, and mission at work, or do you find yourself reacting to the most urgent deadlines and demands, like 95% of employees?

To truly become an effective leader in both your personal and professional life, it’s crucial to have a clear understanding of your goals, a solid plan for achieving them, and the courage to take bold actions. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by your workload and making less-than-ideal decisions, it might be time to upgrade the quality of your thinking.

The most successful leaders recognize that taking time to assess their current situation, set inspiring goals, and sharpen their management skills is a valuable investment. This Goal Setting, Planning & Decision-Making training course offers you the opportunity to do just that. By diving deep into the three essential skills of effective leadership—goal setting, planning, and decision making—you will return to your work with renewed motivation, clarity, and direction. Prepare to elevate your effectiveness at work and in life through this comprehensive training.

Training Objectives

By attending this ALARDI Africa training course, delegates will be able to know:

• Cutting edge, essential keys to becoming a top-quality leader
• Techniques for creating effective work plans for individuals and teams
• Time Management principles and practices to plan, establish priorities, set and maintain goals
• The thinking, beliefs and habits of people who achieve their goals
• Coaching and communication skills to empower yourself and your team
• Using your intuition to make quick, accurate decisions
• Logical decision-making models for individual and group decisions
• Problem-solving techniques and creative thinking

Who should Attend?

This ALARDI Africa training course is designed for current leadership and those being groomed for future leadership, in learning powerful practical management techniques that will assist them in making good decisions, setting personal and team goals, and developing personal and team plans. This ALARDI Africa training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Those who need to become more effective in time management and planning
• Team Leaders and Supervisors
• Senior personnel and Managers

Course Outline

Day One: Create Goals That Actually Get Done

• Macro and Micro Thinking: Getting clear about your purpose, vision, mission, values, goals and tasks and activities
• The power of visioning and visualisation in setting and achieving goals
• Harnessing the power of the subconscious mind, beliefs, attitudes and habits in goal setting
• SMART Goals, HARD Goals or BHAG Goals, which one is right for you and your team
• Strategic, Tactical and Operational Goal Setting in the Organisation
• Management by Objectives – The pros and cons

Day Two: Achieving Results through the Power of Planning

• The many benefits of planning
• Using mind-mapping for creative and logical thinking and project planning
• Best practices and technologies for project planning and communication
• Traditional planning vs new workplace planning
• Single use plans, standing plans, contingency and crises plans
• Daily, short-term, midterm and long-term planning

Day Three: Getting things Done – Time and Task Management

• Working smarter rather than harder through leveraging your time
• Curing ‘last-minute-itis’ and creating good daily work habits
• Prioritising, organizing and scheduling your work
• Time Management secrets to adopt and time wasters to avoid
• The 10 natural laws of successful time management
• Best time management tools and technologies available

Day Four: Decision Making – Tools, Techniques and Psychology

• The art and science of good decisions
• Personality types and how they decide – Strengths and Weaknesses
• Best traits of an effective decision maker
• Decision making pitfalls and how to avoid them
• Logical and intuitive decision-making tools
• Creativity and problem-solving tools

Day Five: Leadership and Communication at Work

• Empowered delegation – Balancing task and team
• Leadership styles for the new workplace
• Leading a team through times of change
• Inspiring others – The art of persuasive presentations
• Communication and emotional intelligence at work
• Summary and action planning from the week’s course

Certificate

• On successful completion of this training course, the ALARDI Africa Certificate will be issued to the participants.

Venue:

Kenya-Mombasa                            Cost USD 1800

Tanzania-Arusha                            Cost USD 2100

Dates:21^st to 25^th September 2026