Strategic Planning
Have you ever made a year long delivery plan for managing up to 6 executives, 30 members, an approximately $10 000 budget and still be attending university? No easy task. But the overall plan becomes more clear when broken into stages.
We are given am "Excel Year Plan Template" that may quickly grey your hair http://db.tt/ULKfhnc6 if you are new to Strategic Planning.
Last year we learned that Strategic Planning will take longer than expected if you let it. We also learned that if you don't really care for your completed year plan, you likely won't care to follow or update it too closely throughout the year.
That is why I have stripped a template down to it's simplest aspect: Numbers.
Yes, numbers don't tell the story, so ensure that when planning ahead, your people can justify the initiatives to reach the goals. But numbers are easy to track when you make it routine.
(Our year runs January to January, not March to March, which is why our performance is measured over 3 semester terms, not 4 quarters, but you can easily convert this template back to quarters).
Here is a year plan template more closely focused on performance tracking: http://db.tt/wItZtTpY
Make sure your Team is making their own goals and justifying their ability to achieve them with initiatives. The responsibility of a President is to ensure that goals reflect vision.
No in depth comments today on how to conduct your SWOT Analysis, Local Focus Area Assessment or Vision development. Just keep in mind that 6 executives should be given some space to develop a vision statement, not told one directly.
Buy-in starts with agency.
Have you ever made a year long delivery plan for managing up to 6 executives, 30 members, an approximately $10 000 budget and still be attending university? No easy task. But the overall plan becomes more clear when broken into stages.
We are given am "Excel Year Plan Template" that may quickly grey your hair http://db.tt/ULKfhnc6 if you are new to Strategic Planning.
Last year we learned that Strategic Planning will take longer than expected if you let it. We also learned that if you don't really care for your completed year plan, you likely won't care to follow or update it too closely throughout the year.
That is why I have stripped a template down to it's simplest aspect: Numbers.Yes, numbers don't tell the story, so ensure that when planning ahead, your people can justify the initiatives to reach the goals. But numbers are easy to track when you make it routine.
(Our year runs January to January, not March to March, which is why our performance is measured over 3 semester terms, not 4 quarters, but you can easily convert this template back to quarters).
Here is a year plan template more closely focused on performance tracking: http://db.tt/wItZtTpY
Make sure your Team is making their own goals and justifying their ability to achieve them with initiatives. The responsibility of a President is to ensure that goals reflect vision.
No in depth comments today on how to conduct your SWOT Analysis, Local Focus Area Assessment or Vision development. Just keep in mind that 6 executives should be given some space to develop a vision statement, not told one directly.
Buy-in starts with agency.
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