{"id":14114,"date":"2022-11-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/?post_type=article&#038;p=14114"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:11:25","slug":"why-better-planning-is-the-key-to-better-learning","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/why-better-planning-is-the-key-to-better-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Better Planning Is the Key to Better Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1331699341-scaled.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                22 Nov 2022                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Articles<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Why Better Planning Is the Key to Better Learning<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/coaching-development-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching &amp; 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A New Take on Senge&#8217;s Learning Organisation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/mobi\/peter-senge-and-the-learning-organization\/\">Peter Senge &amp; the Learning Organisation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Fifth-Discipline-practice-learning-organization\/dp\/1905211201\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+fifth+discipline&amp;qid=1666350132&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjQxIiwicXNhIjoiMi4wMSIsInFzcCI6IjIuMjcifQ%3D%3D&amp;sprefix=the+fifth+d%2Caps%2C121&amp;sr=8-1\">The Fifth Discipline: The Art &amp; Practice of the Learning Organisation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Framing the topic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The intention of this series on learning is to stimulate thought, curiosity and reflection around the overarching theme of learning. Across this series, we will be exploring a number of concepts to support thinking around how learning can be a source of competitive advantage for your organisation. (Part I is available <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/articles\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-learning-culture-and-organisational-learning\/\">here<\/a>.) We need to learn faster because the rate of change will be faster than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Learning objectives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The role of planning in supporting a culture of learning.<\/li>\n<li>Performance planning: your approaches.<\/li>\n<li>How do you learn from your plans?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What are your definitions of planning?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Does your planning allow you to learn? Those organisations that have learning embedded will be more competitive. Is your planning allowing you to get more insights and learn along the way?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Positioning yourself relative to your competitors.<\/li>\n<li>The process of making plans for something.<\/li>\n<li>Performance planning is a systematic and structured approach to successfully achieving the desired goals of an individual or team throughout the assessment year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why plan at all?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finding the balance between the current state and desired future state.<\/li>\n<li>Challenge the status quo: ensuring that your annual plans don\u2019t just repeat each other \u2013 they challenge and invite new thinking.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to monitor progress.<\/li>\n<li>Create alignment.<\/li>\n<li>Learn: gap between plan and actual.<\/li>\n<li>Why, what, how and when? Executable plans create accountability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What it takes to win: a planning framework<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Set the ultimate target first.<\/li>\n<li>What are the event demands of the future?<\/li>\n<li>What is the gap \u2013 Target vs. Actual.<\/li>\n<li>Select strategies? &#8211; What are the alternatives? This is a pivotal point in strategic planning. Get people from different perspectives to check and challenge. When you select your strategy, you need reasonable confidence when you implement them.<\/li>\n<li>Prioritise and implement.<\/li>\n<li>Review progress \/ learning together.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Future back planning: what it takes to win<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Case Study of BMX<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What it Takes to Win?<\/strong> \u2013 95&#215;2 (it is important to validate the score \/ points in what it takes to win. It can\u2019t just be a bit more than last time and that\u2019s the context. What are the scenarios that create that score or amount of points? The strategy drives the target and not the other way around.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pillars<\/strong>: trick combination. Physical endurance. Execute under pressure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deliverables<\/strong>: training facility. Opposite tricks. Endurance volume. Specificity to course. Training squad. Rehearsal on the course. Mental skills. Self-awareness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Case study from outside of sport: Fruitico, a table grape farm in Meelon, Western Australia:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What it Takes to Win?<\/strong> 700,000 pallets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pillars<\/strong>: growing. Leadership and culture. Skilled workforce. Logistics and equipment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deliverables<\/strong>: quality systems and processes. Innovation. Clarity. Standards and behaviours. Work-life balance. Recruitment. Training. Warehouse process. Equipment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key questions to ask:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How do you experience planning in your organisation?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have an Ultimate Target to shoot for?<\/li>\n<li>Are your plans visible for everyone in your team to see the whole \u2018system\u2019?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Future back planning: the future<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>From:<\/strong> Vision Mission statement. Leadership-driven. Limited buy-in. Unrealistic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>To:<\/strong> Define your purpose. Target \u2018pulling\u2019 you forward. Pillars. Deliverables. Accountable. Practical \/ Executable. 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