Strategic Planning Facilitator & Workshop Facilitation

As a strategic planning facilitator, Richard undertakes a wide range of workshop facilitation for corporate, government and not for profit organisations.

Examples of the different types of workshop facilitation Richard undertakes

Strategic and corporate plans
As undertaken for National Portrait Gallery and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens
Annual business plans and review sessions
ACT Tourism
Team strategy planning days and review sessions
Taronga Zoo, AFTRS, National Gallery of Australia, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Boards, advisory boards and management teams
Outback NSW Tourism, National Portrait Gallery, Australian Museum, Diversified Exhibitions
Annual conferences
Priava's Annual UK and Australian Customer Service & Sales Conference
Brand and organisational values
National Gallery of Australia, National Portrait Gallery
Tourism marketing plans
Roma Council, Booringa Shire Council, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
Case for support
Australian Museum

As a strategic planning facilitator, typical questions that Richard helps his clients address in developing their strategic and corporate plans include:

What is our mission?
What is our vision?
What are our values?
What are our goals?
What are our objectives?
What is our strategy?
What actions are we going to take?
Who will be responsible & over what time frame?
How will we measure progress?

In terms of reviewing progress in implementing those plans:

What's working well that we need to do more of?
What’s not working well; what are the barriers to achieving our goals?
How can we address those barriers (at an individual, team and organisational level)
What actions are we going to take; who will be responsible and over what time frame?

"Richard offered a cohesive and strategic solution to facilitate the exchange and discussion of ideas and challenges within our business. We now run workshops for our offices in Australia and UK each year that provide invaluable insight required for management to retain staff, plan solutions to problems, and exchange new ideas for the future."

James Pegum CEO Parrimark Technology

"Richard has been an integral part of our team strategy sessions for the last 2 years. As a gifted facilitator, Richard's ability to keep the group focused on desired outcomes and on solving problems has ensured that our planning sessions are very effective in developing strategy and actions to help achieve our ambitious fundraising targets."

Shanthini Naidoo, Taronga Zoo, Sydney

In this short video Richard discusses how to run an effective strategic planning workshop including:

the format of the workshop - how to capture the information in a way that will drive participation, ideas and priorities
the importance of reviewing your performance - identifying what’s worked well and not so well in achieving your goals to date and identifying the key learning to take forward
preparation - the importance of planning for a successful workshop through adequate preparation

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Contact Richard to discuss your next planning day. Richard will work with you to design and deliver a motivating, relevant and outcome focused session.