When an organization needs focus and direction, Qm2 designs a comprehensive planning process that not only yields a shared vision, but also aligns the organization and brings energy to the board and staff.
MANAGEMENT BRIEFINGS to help you build a stronger organization.
"I remain very grateful and impressed. The ideas that you have crystallized into the BHAG reflect both keen listening and good thinking."
No single approach to strategic planning works for every organization. You have choices, and by making good choices you can help to ensure the plan’s success. Before undertaking a planning process, you should spend time answering these questions.
More often than not plans fail. Strategic plans, created with great excitement and satisfaction begin to gather dust in a few months. The problem is not the plan, it is the way the plan was created.
Most nonprofit organizations have little trouble in coming up with new ideas for programs or services. The needs of their constituents are so great, and their own desire to create and serve is so strong, that the staff and volunteers can always think of more to do. The challenge is not to come up with new ideas, but to choose the best ideas. How do you determine what is best for your organization?
Planning a board or staff retreat? I surveyed the leadership of forty District of Columbia museums on their use of board and staff retreats. This briefing summarizes my research and could help you in your planning.
One of the responsibilities of leaders and managers is to pay attention to the strategic challenges and opportunities facing their organizations. This is a difficult enough task in normal times; it becomes particularly challenging in the volatile times in which we find ourselves today. There is so much noise being generated by people trying to make sense of emerging developments that it can become almost impossible to see the forest from the trees. Read more.
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