From Drivers to Direction: Preparing for 2027 Strategic Planning
Overview
The capstone session of the 8 Critical Drivers series for 2026. Angela brings the year's work together into a strategic planning lens, walking through how to turn driver-level insights into a coherent 2027 plan. This masterclass is the natural lead-in to the Strategic Planning Retreat later in the month, and gives you the diagnostic and prioritisation frameworks you'll need to make next year's planning genuinely strategic rather than operational.
What you will learn
- A method for synthesising a year of insight into clear strategic priorities
- How to translate the 8 Critical Drivers into a 2027 plan on a page
- How to align finance, scope, people and compliance investments
- What to take to your Board or Governing Persons before the year ends
Who should attend
- RTO CEOs, Owners and senior leadership teams
- General Managers leading 2027 planning
- Strategic Planning and Finance leads
- Governing Persons approving the 2027 plan
Facilitator
Angela Connell-Richards
Angela Connell-Richards founded Vivacity Coaching & Consulting in 2009 and has spent more than 15 years helping RTOs turn the messy reality of compliance into systems that actually work. She facilitates four of the five Vivacity event series, holds a Master of Business, and is the author of The Governance Shift and 8 Critical Drivers to RTO Success. She does not facilitate from theory — every framework she shares has been used to solve a real problem for a real client.
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