Strategic Planning—More than a Board Retreat

To be viable in today’s context, your next strategic plan must be more than just the Board or the senior leader going off by themselves and then coming down from the mountain like Moses with “the plan”. (Sorry, we don’t facilitate weekend board retreats—it’s a 1 cent band-aid on a $100 challenge.)

The world has changed and stakeholders want a say in the future of the organization they are committed to. Plus planning processes that drag on and on and don’t get implementation going, guarantee the plan will be irrelevant before the ink is dry.

Your next strategic plan should:
rest on a strong foundation of the organization’s strong sense of the mission and values God has given it.
have a widely held God-given vision energizing it.
be built on a clear understanding of the organizations opportunities and capacity and needs.
be flexible enough to withstand rapid changes and be able to release teams and innovation across the multiple systems at work in the organization
have the input or involvement of key stakeholders.
Be completed in a shorter amount of time than you want
Be implemented faster
Change more frequently than most will believe is possible

No one planning process fits every organization. Beware of any planning process that doesn’t fit your unique season and situation.

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your calendar, budget and expertise level of those involved, click here.