Leadership strategies transforming work environments.
Strategic planning supports companies and organizations in the process of defining its direction and making decisions to meet those short- and long-term goals. WI offers facilitated strategic planning sessions.
Benefits to strategic planning sessions:
1. Allows organizations to be proactive rather than reactive.
2. Sets a sense of direction.
3. Identifies where to focus energy and resources.
4. Strengthens overall operational effectiveness.
5. Increased job satisfaction.
The strategic planning process includes:
• Gather inputs – Conduct a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis.
• Identify and agree on the organization’s vision, mission, and values.
• Identify strategic priorities that align with the vision, mission, and values.
• Develop goals, strategies, and tactics to meet those priorities.
• Create a communication and action plan.
WI’s facilitation roles:
• Allows everyone to participate.
• Trained to ask the right questions to drill down to the root of the issue.
• Neutral to the decisions allowing participants to have powerful discussions.
• Keep participants on task which can be a challenge if management is leading the session.
• Trained to ensure communication lines are open for everyone.