Shaping strategy – applying business strategy to your boarding school

Name: Shaping strategy – applying business strategy to your boarding school
Start: 2024-11-13T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-13T15:30:00+00:00
Location: Virtual – Zoom

November 13 @ 10:30 am - 3:30 pm

Date: November 13, 2024
Time: 10:30 – 15:30
Cost: BSA Full Member – £175, BSA Affiliate Member – £250 , Non-member – £350
Audience: Head/Principal, Deputy Head/Vice-Principal, Head of Boarding, Governors
Platform: Zoom (online) – seminar

Course outline:

This virtual seminar is for any BSA member with responsibility for developing strategy in their organisation, or part of it. BSA Group CEO Robin Fletcher and former P&O/Cunard Chief Financial Officer Ed Jones explain the standard ‘toolbox’ of strategic planning tools, how they work and why they help, and use case studies from a range of sectors to look at how strategic planning works in the real world.

Training topics will include:

What is strategy?
Why it matters?
Tools and techniques
Case studies from other organisations and sectors
Case studies from education
Building your own strategy toolkit.

Learning outcomes:

Greater understanding of how to create a strategy for your organisation
Greater awareness of the range of tools and methodology to help you create a strategy
An understanding of how other organisations approach strategy, and how this can apply to schools.

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Speakers:
Robin Fletcher, Chief Executive
Robin Fletcher is CEO of BSA Group, comprising BAISIS (British Association of Independent Schools with International Students), BSA (Boarding Schools’ Association), BSA Legal, HIEDA (Health in Education Association) SACPA (Safeguarding and Child Protection Association) and TIOB (The Institute of Boarding). A former journalist, editor and communications director, Robin is a non-executive director of the manufacturers’ trade body Make UK, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Ed Jones, Non-Executive Director, Business Advisor and former CFO for Carnival

Ed is a non-executive director and Board advisor to companies across the business and financial service industries. He was previously CFO of P&O Cruises and Cunard Line whilst the business quadrupled in size, with a key focus on driving strategy, delivering performance and risk management.

Aileen Kane, Chief Operating Officer

Aileen is Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer of BSA Group. She leads operations at BSA Group and works closely with members to provide guidance and training. Aileen also works with government departments, local authorities and other agencies to support members and heads up the group’s work to find places for refugee children escaping from conflict countries.