The Leading Strategic Planning and Management Training Firm

We help our clients focus, make better decisions and grow by instilling the ability to think and act strategically.

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LBL Strategies is an international leader educating, training, and consulting strategy professionals within the discipline of Strategic Planning and Management. Headquartered in Chicago, LBL’s global network of trainers and facilitators are based in Washington DC, San Jose California, Austin Texas, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates. We develop the skills and capabilities to help professionals and their organizations think and act strategically. Whether you are looking to lead your organization through a strategic management process, grow professionally in the discipline of strategic management or become ASP industry certified our training programs and facilitation services can help.

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Strategy Consulting and Facilitation

After thirty years of strategy and performance management consulting, we facilitate highly interactive and collaborative work sessions to move help organizations develop, execute and manage strategy.
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University-Based Training and Certification

As a founding member of the Association for Strategic Planning, LBL has been at the forefront of strategy training and education for over 30 years.

What Our Clients Say

“I personally like a straightforward, logical, hence teachable approach to strategic management, which this program well provided.”

Dr. James Stewart

Collegiate Professor
University of Maryland University College

“This is the best summary presentation on strategic planning management tools and techniques that I have seen to date.”

Chris Sleath

Director Virtual Movements AFRICAME
Campus Crusade for Christ International

“The program has helped me in my new position to develop coaching and workshop materials for our employees.”

Victor O. Okereke

Internal Consultant
King County – Washington State

“I am so glad I took the program! I now have my own consulting business for public relations and strategic planning. The program enabled me to do this!”

Myra Jolivet

OwnerCenter
Four Consulting

Questions? Reach out to schedule a meeting with a member of the LBL Strategies team.

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Strategy Certification and Other Training Program

Start making impactful decisions for your organization today by enrolling in one of our programs.

Our certification and other professional development programs are offered in association with the George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, part of the College of Professional Studies.

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Mastering Strategy: Strategic Management Performance System Certification

An intensive, hands-on program designed to build skill sets in the management of strategy formulation, implementation and evaluation.
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Mastering Agile Organizational Design Certification

The practice of constructing organizational components and aligning the design and its components with the strategy.
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Strategic Thinking in the 21st Century

Align day-to-day decisions to your organization's strategic direction.
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Strategic Agility & OKRs

This one-day interactive workshop is designed to cultivate agile decision-making, with a special focus on utilizing OKRs
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Strategic Foresight and Scenario-Based Planning

Scenario-Based Planning provides a framework for planning in uncertain times by giving organizations a structured way to think about the future.
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Board and Governance Training

To succeed, effective governance skills are essential. 

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From Theory to Practice

 
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05 Jul

Book Review: “Big Decisions,” by Lee Crumbaugh

There are decisions and then there are decisions.  Lee Crumbaugh knows this truth.  He is a strategist, consultant and business...
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17 Jun

Culture Can Make or Break Your Transformation

“Does strategy drive culture … or does culture drive strategy?” In this short piece, I provide an easy-to-use definition of...
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15 Jun

Yes, But How Does It Make You Feel? Strategic Alignment and Employee Happiness

Every year, thousands of organizations engage in some form of strategic planning process. The strategic planning process has many moving...
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28 Apr

Jumping All In: Implementing Strategy with Agility Concepts

In a world of buzzwords and trendy fads, creating plans for executing a strategic goal can seem overwhelming. Perhaps you’ve...
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14 Mar

ASP’S NEW CERTIFICATION COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK – AND THE ROLE OF FACILITATION

As part of a continuous improvement process, the Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) in 2019 invested in a precise research...
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18 Feb

Leaders Should Focus on Long-Term Goals to Successfully Deploy Agency Strategy

By J. Woody Stanley At the time this article was published, cabinet-level departments and agencies in the US federal government...
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