Balanced Management® Inc

Balancing the needs of the present with the demands of the future (TM)

Offerings

Workshops

Wouldn't it be great if someone else did all the dirty work for you?
Through our workshops, we facilitate your team through all of the pressing organizational issues that are interfering with higher productivity and success while they learn new tools and techniques for balancing the needs of today with the demands of tomorrow.

Framing the future and finding your way (TM)

Customization
As you review our workshop offerings, it is important for you to keep in mind that we fully customize all of our programs to fit the issues, concerns and needs of your organization and your industry. Our programs are viewed as part of your integrated organizational development efforts to grow your people and increase the strategic effectiveness of your organization.

All of the workshop interventions we deliver rely upon fundamental tenets of how people function as individuals and in groups, the nature of complex and chaotic systems, the strengths of having a strategic focus, and the philosophy of creating win-win outcomes.

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Finding Tomorrow, Today™ Workshop Series

The Expanding Business Environment

The need for understanding the dynamics of today's business environment is only overshadowed by the need to master tomorrow's business environment as well! This workshop focuses on the changing demands of competition and strategy development. We offer concrete tools and processes for demystifying uncertainty and unlocking opportunity.

Competitive Advantage and Uncertainty

In this workshop we teach you how to turn the crises of chaos and the confusion of complexity into competitive advantage. Our approach to understanding value and strengthening your focus will help you change the competitive ground rules and establish the competitive high ground.

Leading Uncertainty

How can you transition from merely managing or reacting to what the complex and chaotic local and global business environments confront you with to actually leading uncertainty? This workshop takes participants through the process of envisioning a long-term future in order to detach from the emotional relationship with today's events.

Succeeding in Uncertainty

Increase your customer satisfaction and shareholder value by testing your contingency planning. This workshop helps you eliminate risk and increase success. We make sure you plans are sound before you invest in their execution!

Collaborating For The Future™ Workshop Series

This workshop is for you, whether you are contemplating the value of a strategic alliance for your organization, or you already engage in one or more partnerships. This working session provides tools and techniques for analyzing your readiness for building strategic alliances and for determining if your existing alliances are truly strategic alliances.

When you are ready to build a new strategic alliance, the key to success is preparation and planning. Strategic alliances need to be prepared for the unknown and able to thrive in the chaos and complexity of the expanding business environment. Our process takes you and your alliance partners through the steps of ensuring the foundation for a strategic alliance is built.

The key component of a successful alliance is strategy. This workshop teaches your alliance team how to unlock the power of strategy for the alliance and for each of the participating organizations.

Using military war gaming techniques, this workshop provides you with a safe, yet competitive environment in which to test and refine your alliance strategy. In addition, our strategists help you develop your presentation for marketing your strategy and contingencies to stakeholders and influencers.

Focusing Your Future™ Workshop Series

Transitioning into Leadership

Most people find themselves in leadership positions without much training or guidance on how to be an effective leader. This workshop helps leaders master the critical skills required for leading in the dynamic business environment.

Becoming a Strategist

Most leaders who are charged with developing strategy have been offered little if any formal training on the power of strategy. This workshop illustrates how effective use of strategy can increase profits, market share, shareholder value, efficiency, effectiveness, motivation, and satisfaction. Participants learn how to maximize the full power of strategy in their own organization.

Creating the Future

In the complex and chaotic business environment, leaders need strategic thinking and the power of strategy to frame their future and find their way there. This workshop takes leaders through the key elements of future planning and strategy development. Participants focus on creating long-term competitive advantage based on multiple perspectives of value.

Ensuring Tomorrow's Success Today

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy," Von Moltke reminds us. In this workshop leaders look at the dynamics of strategic blind spots and methods for testing strategic plans, strategies, and decisions.

Framing the Future and Finding Your Way™ Workshop Series

Analyzing Strategic Knowledge Gaps

This workshop is based upon our unique instrument for measuring strategic knowledge levels as well as barriers and enablers to applying strategic thinking on the job. We are able to determine individual, organizational and comparative levels of strategic thinking and its application in your organization. Participants receive individual reports and build action plans for themselves and their organization.

Preparing for Uncertainty

Using our refined process, our strategists teach you how to tackle difficult issues and plan within the chaos and complexity of today's uncertain business environment. We show you how to have a view of the future that is both long and wide. Our approach to planning for the future includes multiple scenarios to ensure strategic flexibility and long-term competitive advantage.

Developing Strategy

Debunking the myths of strategy and strategic planning, this workshop shows you how to unlock the power of strategy for your organization. Whether your focus is on organizational strategy, product strategy or account strategy, our process will bring new power to your strategy development efforts.

Testing Your Strategy

Using military war gaming techniques, this workshop provides you with a safe, yet competitive, environment in which to test and refine your strategy. In addition, our strategists help you develop your presentation for marketing your strategy and contingencies to stakeholders and influencers.