Learn the game of Strategic Alliances and play! This programme explores strategic alliances in five steps and offers theory and tools in setting up a tactical plan.
Strategic Alliances are a game you can only play when you know the rules. Working with the right strategy means that you can influence a situation while maintaining your own ethics and respect for others. During the programme Influencing Strategic Alliances you'll learn what a Strategic Alliance is, how you can use informal communications, who the key figures are and how you can transform their resistance to work for you.
This programme is about Strategic Alliances in your working environment. From a helicopter view, you'll learn to observe and analyse the combination of formal and informal decision-making so that you are able to make strategic choices. This means that not only you, but everyone involved will move in the right direction.
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Costs 
Starting at€1995,-
Arrangement expenses€ 390,-
Accomodation expenses€ 205,-
Duration Three days
Group size 6 - 18 participants
Language of the trainingEnglish
Theory and practiceActor analysis and Drive analysisYou will start with the first steps in the Strategic Alliances: clarifying your goal, performing an actor analysis and a motivation analysis. You will gain an understanding of the working of strategic alliances and analyze these insights on the basis of your own practical example.
Strategic analysisStrategic behaviourThe topics of Strategic analysis and Strategic behaviour are introduced. You practice based on a large case, in which lobbying, influencing and strategic behaviour are used and discussed.
Personal exercise programmeYou will practice according to your personal needs. A variety of exercises, ranging from integrity training, management games to personal practical situations, can be added to your day programme.
You will learn tactics to effectively deal with resistance and how you can turn it towards the desired direction. Always keeping in mind the safeguarding and strengthening of the business relationship.
You work in a challenging and complex organisation where important decision-making occurs frequently and quickly. Example: you’re a policy advisor, project manager, advisor or manager and wish to gain more insight into the root cause of the forces that hinder your projects, policies or day-to-day work.
You work together intensively with your peers from different branches and company sizes. This way, you’ll learn from and with others.
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When you’re away from your daily environment, without any kind of distractions or pressing issues, you can completely concentrate on the things that matter during the programme. Participate in Influencing Strategic Alliances at your chosen venue for the full experience.
In the historic center of Gouda, located on one of the most beautiful canals in the city, you will find Best Western Plus Gouda. This beautiful four-star hotel borders the old gas and light factory and is a 5-minute walk from the bustling center.
More informationWhen you want to finalize your option and register for a specific training programme, you can click on the link in the option confirmation email. This will automatically send you to the registration form of the programme. In case the programme is fully booked, you’ll be sent through to the registration for the waiting list. Because you already have an option on the programme, we will pair this to your waiting list registration and this will count as a definite registration for the training.
When you want to finalize your option and register for a specific training programme, you can click on the link in the option confirmation email. This will automatically send you to the registration form of the programme. In case the programme is fully booked, you’ll be sent through to the registration for the waiting list. Because you already have an option on the programme, we will pair this to your waiting list registration and this will count as a definite registration for the training.
You are never required to stay the night, but we would recommend this. The training days are often quite intense and it helps to be fully away from home during the programme. Days without hurry, long commute journeys, things at home that demand your attention – we want you to fully focus on yourself and your learning goal. In addition, many participants say they have experienced the stay and drinks together with the training group as a valuable part of the programme. This can count for many more moments of reflection and awareness.
We don’t usually check whether colleagues are part of one training group. In case you would like to change this, you can explicitly let us know when you place an option or register for the programme. Naturally, we will then take this into account. In case one of your colleagues registers for the same programme, we will contact you.
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Four weeks before the start date of the programme, we will know whether it will actually commence. If there aren’t enough participants enrolled into the programme at that point, we will contact you to discuss the possibilities.
NBA registered accountants receive PE-hours when they follow one of the selected programmes. You can find a full overview of this selection here. You’re able to indicate your wish of receiving PE-hours during your registration.
Please contact our Customer Service. They will connect you to one of our trainers or advisors in order to discuss your learning goals and the different possibilities concerning our programmes with you.
You don’t need to bring a laptop. During the programme, you’ll be using one of our iPads or exercise folders.
The size of the group differs. In general, there will be about between 9 and 18 people in one training group. There will be a trainer present for every 9 participants. We only know how many people will participate a few weeks in advance. If you wish to be part of a bigger or smaller group during the training days, you can tell us in the comment section of an option or registration.
The start and finish times of a training differ per programme, you can find them on our website at 'Specifications of the Programme'. Contact our Customer Service for the exact times. In case you’re already participating in one of our programmes, you will receive the training times per email. Furthermore, you can find them in the Influence HUB.
Parking costs differ per hotel. For more information about parking, you can contact our Customer Service.
We can book you a night’s stay prior to the programme. The costs may vary per hotel. Please contact our Customer Service for more information.
The House of Influence is our own training location at the Bilderberg Hotel in Oosterbeek.
At the House of Influence, we bring together the best experiences from our recent years training in hotels. The training areas at the HOI are especially designed for our programmes and even the food and drinks are completely adjusted to you and our programmes. This way, we can easily play into the demand of you as a participant, so you can completely focus on your own learning goals and can get everything out of the training.
The House of Influence is a wing of the Bilderberg Hotel in Oosterbeek. This wing is exclusively accessible for Bureau Zuidema participants. In case you’ve booked an overnight stay with your training, you will be staying at the Bilderberg Hotel and will be able to use their hotel facilities.
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