Strategic Planning Elements that Work
1. Know where you are going - VISION.
2. Involve people - Board, Council, managers, staff, committees etc.
3. Create strategic initiatives necessary for success - what do we have to do to be successful?
4. Establish clear priorities amongst the strategic initiatives
5. Create action plans around each initiative - The WHAT, HOW, WHO, WHEN AND SUCCESS MEASURES!
6. Align the Action Plans with the organization - The "Are we doing the right things?" piece.
7. Check your operating environment - what is happening nationally, statewide, locally, in business and community (trends, regulations).
8. Formulate an organizational MISSION STATEMENT - Why are we here?
9. Integrate the STRATEGIC PLAN into all aspects of the organization.
10. Build a reporting-monitoring and change system.
11. Report progress, problems and changes.
12. Commit, focus, communicate, do!
Paul Koch, 2003