Business Planning Simulation
Planning2Win is an online simulation designed specifically for small-medium sized businesses to help business leaders, managers and staff gain a better understanding of business planning and market strategy.
With 70% of companies not having a business plan, Planning2Win provides an opportunity for companies to learn how to out-perform their competitors.
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What is Planning2Win?
Six individuals or teams compete against each other in the guise of competing legal firms, tasked to make the most profit for their business. Each individual / team represents an existing company that has its own strategy, business plan, and profit and loss account. First, they must continue implementing the existing business plan, before moving on to making their own decisions based on available market data, analysis of their own performance and competitor analysis. In the simulation, business leaders and their managers and key staff members can experiment, risk-free, with strategies to achieve competitive advantage in a virtual world.
There are five decision-making rounds typically played over six months. In addition, facilitated feedback sessions are available from an experienced QuoLux™ facilitator.
Business Planning Skills
Understanding market strategy is one of the most important skills of an effective business leader.
The objective of Planning2Win is to introduce some of the language of strategic marketing as well as tools and techniques that participants can use to help them in their own business. All of the planning templates are also available to keep, for use back ‘in the real world’.
During the decision rounds, individuals / teams can develop, practise and hone their market strategy skills including identifying “why clients buy”, “what are attractive markets” and “where best to compete”, as well as making better decisions.
Participants have an authentic learning experience in the area of market segmentation, business strategy and financial analysis.
Feedback Sessions
Monthly feedback sessions are also available in which an experienced QuoLux™ facilitator provides support to the individuals/teams, encouraging them to think about what they have learnt during each decision-making round and how to apply that learning to themselves, their team, their department and their business.
Each participant of the simulation receives a Certificate of Completion.
The benefits of Planning2Win for individuals
- Develop understanding of business planning language
- Learn numerous new tools, techniques and approaches to use in the workplace
- Develop the ability to work collaboratively through mutual support, feedback and awareness of group dynamics
- Increased confidence in delivering the strategic plan
- Reflecting on key learning after each round develops personal and professional continuous improvement
- Learn from others’ experiences in the group
- See the effect of your decisions in a risk-free environment
- Accelerated performance through experiential learning
The benefits of Planning2Win for the organisation include:
- Mirrors real business challenges
- Greater organisational and team performance
- Support for senior leaders in building an empowered, high-performing organisation
- Managers and staff skilled in delivering the business’ strategic plan with a better understanding of the wider strategic picture
- Improve retention and development of the most talented managers and staff
- Promote continuous professional development
- Add an element of competitive challenge and fun across your organisation by engaging management, teams, staff and departments
What Our Clients Say
Andrew Hopcraft
COO, National Composites CentrePlanning2Win was a really useful programme for the NCC. It gave a shared perspective and understanding on our approach to the segments our teams face and helped us to understand and create the value propositions we needed.
Shelley Bonney
Commercial Solicitor, WSP SolicitorsPlanning2Win is a game changer. It is a practical, fun and engaging course that provides you with tools, a framework, support and insights to enable you to develop your skills and better understand marketing strategies so that you can apply them to your business.
Simon Kershaw
Managing Director, SK Heating & CoolingIt opens your thought process to think big picture and how to invest going forwards.
Judi Bonham
Managing Director, WSP SolicitorsThe level of engagement has increased with Teams making time to work together on their businesses and compete against each other whilst being able to see things from a different perspective.
Dan Hodgson
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Prima Dental GroupParticipation in the simulation was an effective way to develop critical thinking skills.
Professor Malcolm McDonald
Cranfield University Management SchoolUnderstanding market strategy is one of the most important skills of an effective business.
Some Clients Who Did Planning2Win
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If you are interested in Planning2Win, either to play within your company, or against other organisations, get in touch below and we'll share how you and your business could benefit.