Strategic Vision & Business Risk Management Strategies

COURSE DURATION 10 DAYS

Date: 2^nd – 13^th November 2026

 

Introduction

Effective strategic tools and skills are highly prized in corporate leaders. Forward-looking strategy formulation can make the difference between a profitable business and one that stagnates. Managing business risk is about the application of planning and good governance to maximise success and proactively manage uncertainty that may affect operational performance, achievement of business objectives, or meeting stakeholder expectations.

 

Highlights of the Course

This ALARDI Africa Strategic Vision & Business Risk Management Strategies course is designed to combine proven-by-practice methods with new insights and ideas from a wide range of current strategic thinking. Participants will learn the techniques of strategy formulation and a systematic approach towards goal achievement.

 

This training course will provide both risk and non-risk professionals with concepts that allow them to recognise and escalate risk-related issues before they become too severe. The course provides a pragmatic approach to the management of the most common business risks and helps participants to maintain a Business Risk Plan.

 

This course consists of two modules, which can be taken as a 10 Day Training course, or as individual, 5 Day courses

 

Module 1 –  Strategic Planning & Goal Setting

Module 2 – Effective Business Risk Management Strategies

 

 Objectives

The Strategic Vision & Business Risk Management Strategies is based on accomplishing the following objectives:

• Understand and develop a strategic direction
• Identify the Company strengths and weaknesses
• Identify markets and competitions
• Formulate possible strategies
• Do a strategic plan for your organisation or department
• Draw up and implement an action plan
• Achieve objectives by linking KPIs, business goals and vision
• Avoid the common pitfalls and risks of management
• Identify the steps for managing departmental/business risk
• Lower costs and confusion
• Prioritize stakeholder input and support
• Set departmental expectations and establish risk ‘recovery’ plans
• Communicate with and control of/influence over stakeholders to minimize the risk
• Develop a personal business risk plan

 

Who Should Attend:

The course is designed for:

• All professionals & leaders from any industry who desire an in-depth knowledge of best practices in strategic planning, development, and implementation of a plan
• Anyone interested in developing their capacity as a strategic thinker
• Anyone who has the responsibility for translating a vision into a plan, into being understood by the workforce, and seeing the vision be transformed into reality
• Senior executives and management-level employees involved in the formation and implementation of business strategy.
• All employees who need to improve their proactive business risk management and risk communication skills.
• Risk management professionals
• Senior Management Team responsible for the business risk management function or process
• Senior Internal Auditors and assurance professionals, such as those in Compliance and QA functions, who are being asked to review the business risk process
• Finance and insurance professionals who need knowledge of the wider approach to business risk management.

 

Training Methodology

Our highly practical experiential learning method is results-oriented; based on an adult learning concept; incorporates short inspiring lectures with structured lessons from the learning manual; captivating PowerPoint slides with videos to enhance learning; ongoing discussions with action planning; ample time for Q&A; training activities to reinforce key concepts within a fun learning environment; and is designed to function as an interactive group process with delegates continuously building their capacity through interaction and experiential learning.

 

Course Outline

 

Module 1 – What is Strategic Thinking?

Key Topics:

• • What is our business? Why do we choose this business?
  • Leadership roles in supporting this: Styles and case
  • Example of Strategic Thinking & Planning: The Value Curve
  • Culturalize the Strategic Thinking & Planning: Concept and application of Lean Management

 

Module 2 – Ideas toward achieving business vision

Key Topics:

• • Business idea generation: focus on problem-solving
  • What is our vision?
  • How do we achieve the vision?

 

Module 3 -What is necessary to have effective strategic thinking

Key Topics:

• • SWOT Analysis: looking at our strengths and weaknesses
  • Market Analysis
  • Market Options Matrix – definition, case, commentary, what can we do
  • Growth-Share Matrix – definition, case, commentary, what can we do
  • Competitive Environment: the 5 Forces – definition, case, commentary, what can we do

 

Module 4 – Goal Setting and Implementation

Key Topics:

• • Workshop on Strategies and Plans: WHAT do we need to do to achieve the vision?
  • Tools to help KPIs:
  • SMART Goals
  • Parkinson Principle in goal setting

 

Module 5 – Final results and measurement

Key Topics:

• • Departmental KPIs and Target setting: HOW do we ensure they become realized?
  • Practical department-by-department KPI workshop
  • Converting Vision to Reality: achieving the company’s vision
  • How to do it in a way that is easy to understand and implement

 

Module 6 -Introduction to Risk Culture

Key Topics:

• • Introduction to managing risk and effective risk management techniques
  • Definitions and key approaches to implementing a risk culture
  • Learn from real cases of risk culture ‘failure.’
  • Develop practical techniques for risk culture management
  • Appreciate the limitations of risk assessment tools
  • Discover the latest developments in risk practice and standards

 

Module 7 – Planning to Mitigate Risk

Key Topics:

• • The three primary business risks in order of frequency of occurrence
  • The different types of risk assessment tools
  • Implement a risk departmental culture
  • The role of external pressures, including regulations
  • The barriers to risk culture control

 

Module 8 -Integrating Business Risk into Day-to-Day Activities

Key Topics:

• • Analyze the root causes of risk
  • Integrate business risk and opportunities for innovation into your role
  • Overcome barriers to embedding risk management and potential solutions
  • General management techniques to add value to the risk-based decision-making
  • Assessing and prioritizing risks involves determining their probability and impact

 

Module 9 -Embedding Risk Management

Key Topics:

• • Identify behaviors that support risk management
  • How to encourage and draw maximum benefit from positive behaviors needed to embed risk management
  • Analyze the problems that currently frustrate you, reinvigorating yourself with the fresh focus
  • Break risks down into their parts and explore how each element relates to risk
  • Communicate and implement the action plan you develop for the course

 

Module 10 -Risk Reporting for Maximum Business Benefit

Key Topics:

• • Articulate and report to management/team risks that could have an impact on your department
  • Conduct (quick) quality and typical management risk assessments
  • Assist risk owners to resolve problems
  • Communicate the benefits of risk management and win the support of stakeholders
  • Advise senior managers/team members on improving systems
  • Intervene to address instances where risk management efforts are being hampered
  • Action planning: 10 reminders for the risk champion

Certificate

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

Venue:

 

Kenya-Nairobi          Cost USD 1800

UK- Liverpool           Cost USD 2500

Date: 2^nd – 13^th November 2026