Strategic
Planning
by Phillip DuVall, PhD
Alice: Which way should I go?
Cat: That depends on where you are going.
Alice: I don’t know where I’m going!
Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go!!
Lewis Carrol-1872
Through the Looking Glass
Does this fit your organization? Businesses, schools, churches,
cities, counties and other organizations need to use a strategic
planning process to assure future success. It is a process designed
to guide leaders of an organization in envisioning its’
future and developing the necessary procedures and operations
to achieve that future. These questions need to be addressed:
(1) Where are we now? (2) Where do we want to be? (3) How will
we get there? and (4) Who must do what?
If you are interested in conducting a strategic planning session
for your organization, we can assist you. We can provide training
in how to conduct planning sessions or we can plan and facilitate
the session for you. Experience has shown that the session is
more effective if conducted off-site at a retreat. The results
would be the development of the organization’s vision for
the future, specific objectives and strategies for achievement
of the objectives and vision.
An old Sioux proverb says, “ If you don’t know where
you’re going, any path will take you there”. Don’t
let your organization proceed without a strategic plan for the
future.
