Road Maps: Creating Effective Written Action Plans [Workshop: Video & Facilitator]

A written plan is a valuable personal and professional tool. Unfortunately, many people find planning ahead a waste of time when they could be “doing something” else. Others figure even the “best laid plans” often don’t work—so why bother? RoadMaps: Creating Effective Written Action Plans will teach you the secrets to successful planning. Learn how to write effective action plans—plans that help you sidestep problems, avoid mistakes, stop wasting time and achieve your goals. The complete package contains everything you need to facilitate engaging and effective training—a leader’s guide, participant’s guide, video, PowerPoint® presentation, and handouts. Implement the program in your organization and participants will be well on the way to creating and implementing successful plans—a skill they’ll use throughout their careers and in a variety of different kinds of situations Participants will learn how easy it is to make plans for the future—and how much they enjoy writing them. This program demystifies the process of planning and clearly explains the steps to doing it successfully. You’ll learn how to: • Define your vision • Assess your strengths and needs • Create SMART objectives • Take action • Identify resources • Set the schedule • Key components of an effective written plan • Plan for problems Topics include the 6 P’s of planning, how to break down complex items into steps, people and other resources that can help, determining target dates for completion, contingency planning, and more. Participants will discover how: • Good planning is a discipline—instilled through practice and habit. • Good planning is a creative exercise. You must use imagination and be open to ideas and possibilities to create a good plan. • Good planning is empowering. By breaking seemingly insurmountable goals into concrete steps and achievable objectives, you can reach higher success than you thought possible. The companion video outlines what a written action plan is, what is needed prior to creating an effective action plan and the steps to creating an effective action plan, and: • Illustrates what some people might think about the need for planning, and how those people might go about writing an action plan. • Gives brief examples of how written action plans might be used in a variety of situations and organizations. • Shows an employee being guided through the process of creating an action plan. Package includes: • Leader’s Guides • Five (5) Participant Guides • 19 min. Video • PowerPoint® slide presentation