While every strategic planning initiative is unique in the steps and timing required, most follow a general pattern, or blueprint. Most planning efforts will include some or all of the following efforts:
Strategic Planning Objectives -- Strategic planning initiatives are not boiler plate exercises and must be customized to the specific conditions and challenges that your organization is facing.
Strategic Planning Principles -- Establishing and executing plans to accomplish a shared, worthwhile vision is the primary responsibility of any organization's leadership team. Planning is an inherently internal, institutionally customized activity. In assisting our clients in developing such strategic plans, at Triaxia PartnersSM we work diligently to apply the proven planning principles as we facilitate the planning efforts of our clients.
Planning Outputs -- Over the course of a strategic planning engagement, Triaxia PartnersSM typically assists our clients in developing one or more of the following end products:
- Clarifying the vision, mission, and values that set direction and govern behavior
- Gathering facts and background information necessary to make quality decisions and develop the right list of priorities
- Agreeing on fundamental planning assumptions, principles, and the scope for strategy choices
- Identifying significant opportunities and major threats facing the organization
- Identifying the list of strategic options worth pursuing
- Building management consensus around strategic options and organizational priorities
- Ensuring that supporting action plans are in place including timelines, responsibilities, and metrics