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Using the Argenti System

Some of our clients use The Argenti System as a stand-alone process: their Planning Team simply follows our strictly disciplined and detailed directions. They move through the five Stages 'in house'.

However, it is widely recognised that there are powerful reasons for inviting a skilled outside facilitator to take your organization through something as vital as strategic planning. He will know the process thoroughly from previous experience; he will be able to judge how well your project is progressing compared to his previous assignments - and he will provide an outsider's objective view of all your strategic discussions and decisions.

We have a team of experienced 'Argenti Planning Facilitators' (APF's) who are trained to assist you to launch the strategic planning project and to guide your team through the process (see Our Team). They will go anywhere in the world, subject to availability. Contact Barry Harrison for more details.

The main duties of the Argenti Planning Facilitator are to:

• Explain the Argenti planning process to your board.
• Advise your CEO on the selection and organisation of the project team.
• Brief the team on the Argenti Planning System methodology.
• Pilot the team through the Argenti process.
• Organise and lead the highly significant workshops.
• Encourage the team to achieve milestones and deadlines

Argenti Planning Facilitators have years of experience taking organisations through the planning process and, of course, they are uniquely familiar with The Argenti System of Strategic Planning. They enable client planning teams to start work without delay. And all the time our APF's will be meticulously transferring their planning skills and knowledge to your staff.

Timing

Normally clients ask our Facilitators to take them through the whole process from start to finish. However, some clients require their APF merely to describe the salient points of The Argenti System to their team - an assignment of only a few hours. Others ask them to take the lead for just the first few planning team meetings; this might involve the APF for a few days, perhaps as few as two days, as when our APF is often invited to organise and lead the highly critical 'Workshop' in Stage 4. More often, though, as in the case of a major Group of companies, an APF's assignment could last for 20 or 30 days over a period of several months. Once you have agreed your requirements for the assignment, our APF will be happy to quote.

Project Impact

By the end of the project we would expect your team, guided by our APF, to have determined the following:-

• A Statement of Corporate Purpose, very short and to the point
• Targets, Forecast and Gaps for the next several years
• A SWOT analysis, certainly including the 'strategic elephants'
• A set of strategies, prioritised, co-ordinated and risk-tested
• A set of practical Action Plans
• A concrete monitoring and review process

For further information on the facilitation service please complete the Contact page.