Who This Course Is For

This course is designed for professionals who need to turn strategy into action, not just create plans that sit on a shelf. It is ideal for strategic planning leaders, performance managers, executives, analysts, and team members responsible for aligning goals, measures, and initiatives across the organization.

If you are looking for a practical introduction to the Balanced Scorecard, this training gives you a clear, structured way to connect mission, strategy, and performance.

What You Get

By the end of this Balanced Scorecard training course, you will be able to:

• Gain clarity on strategy so everyone understands what success looks like
• Build alignment across teams so effort and resources support the same goals
• Increase accountability with meaningful measures that people actually use
• Improve decision making with performance data that tells a clear story
• Feel more confident leading strategy discussions with executives and stakeholders
• Walk away with practical tools you can apply immediately in your organization

Course Outline: What is Covered

You will not just hear about the Balanced Scorecard; you will build it step by step hands on Balanced Scorecard workshop.

Get Clear on Strategy and What to Focus On

• Clarify mission, vision, and strategic objectives so you know what success really looks like
• Translate high level goals into concrete results the scorecard must support
• Identify common strategy and alignment gaps that undermine performance

Design a Practical Balanced Scorecard

• Use a simple, repeatable method to build a strategy map with clear cause and effect
• Turn strategic objectives into meaningful measures and targets that drive behavior
• Draft clear measure and objective documentation so everyone interprets them the same way

Make the Balanced Scorecard Work in the Real World

• Link objectives and measures to initiatives, projects, and budgets so strategy shows up in daily work
• Explore basic approaches to cascading, governance, and performance review meetings
• Plan next steps for how to introduce, refine, and sustain a Balanced Scorecard in your own organization over time

By the end, you will have a practical Balanced Scorecard design approach you can reuse with your own teams, strategic plans, and performance reviews.

Program Costs

The US-based course is priced at $2,700.
International pricing will vary based on region.

Available discounts for courses hosted in the United States

Early Bird Discount Save $300 if you register 30 days before the course starts	Public Sector Discount Save $150 if you work for a non-profit or a government organization	Group Rate Discount Save $300 each if your team of 3 or more register for the same course

Schedule and Registration

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Introduction to the Balanced Scorecard course?

The Introduction to the Balanced Scorecard is an instructor led training course that teaches you how to design a practical Balanced Scorecard, create strategy maps, select meaningful performance measures, and connect strategy to day to day execution in your organization.

Who should take this Balanced Scorecard training?

This Balanced Scorecard course is ideal for strategic planning leaders, performance managers, executives, analysts, and public or nonprofit sector professionals who need a structured way to align goals, measures, and initiatives.

What will I be able to do after this course?

By the end of the course, you will be able to clarify strategy, build a simple Balanced Scorecard, choose meaningful KPIs, and use performance data to support better decisions and accountability across your organization.

Is This Course Right For You?

“I am new to strategy and performance management.”

This course is designed with beginners in mind. You will get clear explanations, real examples, and guided exercises so you never feel lost.

“Our organization is unique. Will this still apply?”

The Balanced Scorecard framework has been successfully used in government, nonprofit, and private sector organizations of all sizes. You will see how to adapt it to your context.

“We tried a scorecard in the past and it did not stick.”

You will learn what commonly goes wrong, how to avoid those pitfalls, and what you can do differently so your next effort is practical, engaging, and sustainable.

“I am not sure I can justify the cost.”

Even one improvement in strategic focus, project selection, or performance accountability can deliver value far beyond the price of the course through better results and fewer wasted efforts.

About the Course Creator

Balanced Scorecard Institute, a Strategy Management Group company, has helped organizations around the world turn strategy into measurable results using the Balanced Scorecard and performance measurement best practices.

For more than 25 years, our senior consultants have partnered with governments, banks, corporations, and nonprofits to design strategic plans, build strategy management systems, and train leaders to use the Balanced Scorecard to manage more effectively, not just report.

This course distills that real world experience into a focused, accessible program for strategy and planning professionals who want practical Balanced Scorecard tools they can apply immediately.