2-Hour Virtual Seminar on Creating a Strategic Setup for 2026 Using Your Year-End Analysis
January 19, 2026
08:00 AM PST | 11:00 AM EST
2 Hours
712128
Group Attendees: Any number of participants
Recorded Version: Unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
This webinar equips business professionals with the tools, frameworks, and analytical methods needed to conduct a high-value Year-End Review Report and transform those insights into a strategic roadmap for 2026.
Participants will learn how to interpret year-end performance data, identify trends and improvement opportunities, evaluate organizational readiness, and build a forward-looking strategy aligned with business goals. The session blends practical analysis techniques, leadership best practices, and actionable planning tools designed to help professionals make informed, data-driven decisions as they enter the new year.Why should you Attend:
- Understand the essential components of a high-quality Year-End Review Report
- Analyze data, performance metrics, and trends to uncover insights for 2026 planning
- Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks emerging from the 2025 review
- Determine which initiatives, processes, and investments should be scaled, improved, or retired
- Develop a strategic setup framework that aligns priorities, resources, and capabilities for 2026
- Strengthen leadership decision-making through data-driven methodologies
- Create a clear, actionable roadmap that supports organizational performance in the upcoming year
- What a High-Impact Year-End Review Report Should Include
- Core components: operational, financial, talent, and strategic performance
- Gathering the right data and documentation
- Turning raw data into meaningful insights
- Analyzing Performance & Business Outcomes
- Identifying trends, gaps, and patterns in 2025 performance
- Root-cause analysis techniques
- Understanding external factors affecting results
- Evaluating Team, Talent, and Leadership Performance
- Assessing productivity, capability gaps, and leadership impact
- Workforce readiness for 2026 and succession considerations
- Cultural insights: communication effectiveness and employee engagement
- Translating Review Insights Into Strategic Priorities
- Aligning business goals with review findings
- Prioritization frameworks (SWOT, OKRs, Impact vs Effort)
- Risk identification and mitigation planning
- Designing the Strategic Setup for 2026
- Defining strategic objectives and measurable outcomes
- Budget alignment, resource planning, and technology integration
- Leveraging AI, automation, and digital tools in the 2026 strategy
- Building the 2026 Execution Roadmap
- Turning strategy into actionable plans
- Setting timelines, ownership, and accountability systems
- Communicating the roadmap to teams and stakeholders
- Finalizing the 2025 Close-Out Process
- Reporting, documentation, and compliance considerations
- Year-end communication strategies
- Q&A and next steps for implementation
Who Will Benefit:
- All
Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle's clients include global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. He also has consulted to government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.
