Every organization does some sort of informal strategic planning and many undertake formal strategic planning efforts too. In far too many cases, those efforts end with a “whew, that’s done! Let’s get back to our real work” and the plan gets filed on a website or a shared drive until the next consultant asks to take a look.

I help organizations make strategic planning work for them. Whether you are looking to adapt to new outside pressures, have new leadership, have grown, are re-grouping and starting to re-build, or simply know that you are having a hard time focusing on your core mission, strategic planning done right can get you on track.

I use the “gap” approach to strategic planning, where I lead leadership teams through a series of discussions envisioning what fully meeting their mission would look like and what they are spending their time, money, and expertise on right now. The gap between those two things requires a bridge, and that’s the strategic plan.

If you think your team might benefit from this kind of strategic planning, reach out to start the discussion.