Ishmael Yamson & Associates
   2ND Floor J B PLAZA,
   ACHIMOTA-GIMPA RD. (KISSEMAN JUNCTION)
   P.O. Box 3260
   Accra, Ghana
Programme 8

CREATING BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGY FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE



SUMMARY

In the liberalized global economy, change has become the only constant in the business environment. The competitive advantages that have been driving the performance of companies are being lost in shorter time frame than ever before. Strategies are beginning to decay faster and companies are struggling to deliver performance that meets the expectations of their stakeholders. Sometimes their very existence is threatened.
It is important that companies pursue strategies that continuously raise the bar to competition and allow them to sustain and improve market shares in order to deliver strong growth and profitability. It is a journey that has to be embarked upon regularly even if you feel you are ahead of competition.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Creating Breakthrough Strategy will help you;
1. Evaluate the changing patterns in your environment,
2. Bring understating to shifts in consumer and customer needs and expectations, and
3. Enable the team to develop strategies that allow the company to ‘snatch’ leadership from the competition.
In doing this the programme will deploy team–building and team dynamics to build common understanding, develop shared vision, strategies and plans to create commitment to implementation excellence.

METHODOLOGY

This is an offsite programme. It is exciting but challenging. It requires transparency and trust. It is designed to meet specific company needs.

TARGET

Management at all levels. It is preferred that there is a mix of management from all levels of the organization.

DURATION: :3 days

DATE :November 2008

COST :GHC 400.00 for a minimum of 30 participants (At least 3 participants from each company or organisation). Cost includes hiring of venue, programme materials, meals and snacks.
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Speeches

The Chairman of Unilever, Mr Ishmael Yamson, has identified poor governance as the leading contributory factor for Africa's retrogression. He said poor performance by African governments in accountability, transparency, predictability and participation was the bane of the continent's development and progress.

Mr Yamson, therefore, proposed major changes to reverse the trend and the adoption of strategic approaches to Africa’s development by its political leaders.

He was presenting a paper on the topic, "Consolidating Political Stability in Africa for Accelerated Growth":

Possible Initiatives/Role of the Business Sector in Consolidating Political Stability", in the first ever Daily Graphic Accra Governance Dialogue in Accra yesterday.

Mr Yamson challenged governments in Africa to grow out of the tendency of becoming preoccupied with short-term problems and short-term strategies and stressed the need for them to think in the long term and act with the strategic objectives of their countries in view in order to realise the benefits of good governance.

Linking good governance to political stability, high economic growth, sustainable development and accelerated regional and continental integration, he admitted the difficulty in getting good governments on the continent.

That, according to him, was because adherence to the principles of good governance was not robust.

Addressing the factors which drove good governance, Mr Yamson listed nine inclusive principles as important for Africa’s efforts at building and sustaining political stability.

"African leadership with integrity and trust, the capacity and ability to design, own and deliver sound and transformational economic policies, credibility, democracy and culture, as well as integrity, are drivers of good governance," he said.
     Ishmael Yamson, Snr.