Business & strategic planning
Sound guidance on developing and writing concise strategic and operational plans.
What is your Vision?
Aim at nothing and you'll hit it every time. Source unknown
Does your organisation have a vision - an aspirational idea it strives towards achieving? Many don't. Many others have a vision which is perhaps out of date or which no longer resonates with the aspirations of the board or the beneficiaries the organisation seeks to serve.
Whether you would like some support with the creative process for devising or reviewing your vision or perhaps with organising a suitable venue and logistics of a visioning retreat for your board - we can help.
Strategy Development
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau, 1854
A lot of people feel there is a cloud of mystery surrounding strategy development and that you need to be an ‘expert' on strategy to engage in its development within your organisation.
“Balderdash!”, we say. We will provide you with common sense tools and guidance to produce realistic and concise strategic plans. Plans which mean something to everyone involved and which will live well into the future.
We're not interested in producing fat documents which wind up serving as a wobbly table solution. (Useful though this may be!)
We will work with you to produce plans which are set out clearly in plain English, free of jargon and accessible to a broad audience.
Business Planning
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. Vance Havner
Your operational business plans are your steps to implementing your strategy and making your vision a reality. We will guide you to break down your strategy into realistic, achievable steps and help facilitate a process for getting all of your stakeholders engaged in the process.
What's stopping you?
If you are in the, "Too busy running an organisation to bother with business plans" camp, its time to break camp and move on.
Having solid strategic and operational plans in place for your organisation will not only help you, your beneficiaries, your staff and supporters know where you are heading, but you'll also know when you get there. The journey will be smoother, your travel companions happier and (to really stretch the analogy) you'll use less fuel along the way!
Get in touch with us to have a chat about how we can help.