Community engagement with your strategic plan
Community engagement is an essential element of a vital and vibrant strategic planning program. Customers and constituents want to align with organizations they trust and believe in. Your strategic plan…
Secrets of Effective Virtual Strategic Planning
I encourage you to consider how your strategic planning program might be repackaged to include virtual components, such as strategy sessions. Become skilled at weaving together webinars, video conferencing, and…
What’s the difference between Vision and Mission statements?
Strategic plans include vision statements, mission statements, and values statements. These carefully chosen words provide strategic imperatives for any organization, no matter the type and the size. It’s important to…
Strategic Planning for the Public Sector – Diverse Public Input is the most Critical Step
As I’ve mentioned in prior articles, strategic planning for the public sector requires more time than the process used for many nonprofits and smaller businesses. A thorough public process with…
Here’s a Vital Strategic Planning Framework to create Strategic Impact!
Are you a senior executive, board member, emerging leader, or consultant responsible for leading a strategic plan that actually gets implemented and delivers results? As leaders, we need a useful…
The power of personal reinvention
I love strategic planning, because being strategic is about finding purpose and fulfilling it. One of life’s miracles includes the power of personal reinvention. It’s the opportunity to hit life’s…
Practical emergency steps for nonprofit leaders during times of crisis
We’re already learning many leadership lessons during this unprecedented COVID-19 global pandemic emergency – with much more to come. What can nonprofit leaders do NOW to protect their organization from…
Six, simple, practical steps to fall in love with your city – your community (and make new connections)
In an article I wrote spotlighting how to fight what’s known as the “loneliness epidemic,” I encouraged readers to love their community and to give back. I asked: “What are…
Attacking the “loneliness epidemic” head-on
In late 2018, an important column by George Will of The Washington Post unwrapped a public health problem called the “Loneliness Epidemic” – how Americans are richer, more informed and…
Purposeful work: Connecting employees to their WHY
My consulting frequently focuses on helping an organization excel through determining social impact, or a “grand challenge” – the Big Why. A purposeful “grand challenge” is a socially responsible goal…