Course Overview
This new course provides an intensive lesson on how to use best practices in cascading balanced scorecards in order to create strategic alignment in organizations.  The course will focus on the development of tier two (department, business unit and/or support unit) scorecards that are aligned with enterprise wide scorecards as well as the development of strategically aligned tier three personal development plans. Topics covered by the course include:

• Basic concepts of balanced scorecard cascading and how it can be used to improve organization alignment
• Various organizational cascading models
• Cascading lessons-learned based on real examples
• How to cascade a tier 1 balanced scorecard using our award-winning nine-step methodology 
• How to develop more meaningful performance measures on the department and individual level
• How to align incentive packages with the corporate scorecard 
• The correct sequence of steps that are necessary to build a strategy-focused organization 

Who Should Attend 
This course is designed for managers and employees who have been tasked to plan or develop a scorecard on the department, business unit, support unit or individual level based on a higher level scorecard. The course is recommended for managers, planners and analysts who are seeking the best practical ideas in improving organizational performance.

Course Benefits 
You will understand key concepts of the balanced scorecard cascading, and why it is gaining so much attention in corporate and governmental organizations. You will learn a systematic methodology for building and implementing the multi-tiered balanced scorecard, based on the performance management theory developed at Harvard University and our international balanced scorecard consulting experience. You will receive a Performance Scorecard Toolkit^TM with worksheets for each step of the methodology.

Performance measurement and personal development software will be illustrated to show how you can use tools to assist in setting up scorecards, and in collecting and reporting strategic information. You will also learn about some of the challenges and pitfalls of strategic management, and how to deal with them.

Continuing Education Units
Attendees completing this course will qualify for 2.1 CEUs through our alliance with the University of South Carolina.

Hands On Training
Through case studies and a series of interactive small-group workshops, you will apply the balanced scorecard cascading concepts to meet the challenges facing a typical organization. Exercises performed throughout this course include: 

• Develop Tier 2 and Tier 3 strategic objectives
• Develop multi-tiered performance measures aligned to the strategy map
• Develop measurements that 'roll-up' through the organization
• Develop multi-tiered initiatives to execute strategy
• Define requirements and select appropriate software
• Scorecard deployment, budget and time scheduling 

Instructors
The course will be taught by the Principals and Associates of the Balanced Scorecard Institute. These instructors have specialized expertise in balanced scorecard training, facilitation and consulting in public and private-sector organizations that have cascaded.

Feedback from past participants:
“…the BSC program was one of the best professional development experiences I’ve ever had."

“I loved the case study exercises!”

"Very useful charts and checklists to evaluate the process of developing performance measures."

“…the case study was very supportive of understanding the process of developing and mapping strategy."

"...the methodologies in this presentation are a powerful medium for achievement of the right strategic objectives."

"...good information on what we need to do at our respective workplaces to effectively cascade the balanced scorecard."

Public Sector Discount: 
For two-day and three-day workshops, there is a $150 discount for participants from public sector and not-for-profit organizations (use discount code NP).

Multi-Registration Discount: 
There is also a $100 discount for three or more participants from the same organization. We encourage more people from the same organization to attend so that they can collaborate during the workshop.

Early Bird Special: 
$100 additional discount per participant for signing up 30 days before the start of the course.

Course Outline

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