Creating Your Organization's Future:
A Transformative Approach to Strategic Planning
For the past two decades, all kinds of organizations, corporations, small businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies have used various processes to take stock of where they have been and are now and to chart a course toward a new vision and new goals for their future. Many such projects have produced remarkable outcomes; some have not, as witness the commonly heard reference to strategic plans that simply collect dust on the shelf.
Few organizational leaders question the value of planning, setting goals, and developing strategies. In fact, as we move into a new millennium and the world increasingly becomes more turbulent, unpredictable, and interconnected, organizations must think and act strategically as never before. Strategic planning is not only about surviving, but also about thriving.
So the central question is, What makes strategic planning successful, and what are the outcomes when it is successful? Continue >>
