Facilitated Strategic Planning That Leads to Action

In short: Facilitated planning produces a plan people use when the process is designed to reach decisions, and an outside facilitator lets the leader take part instead of running the room.

A strategic plan that ends in a binder is a failed plan. These pages cover facilitation that leads to action, running a planning session well, and the facilitation moves that produce decisions.

3 Questions About Facilitated Strategic Planning That Leads to Action

Should I bring in an outside facilitator for our strategic planning?

Bringing in an outside facilitator for your strategic planning is worth it when you, as the leader, need to take part in the conversation instead of running…

Our last strategic plan is sitting in a drawer. How do we make this one real?

Making your next strategic plan real starts with finding out why the last one ended up in a drawer, and then building the new plan so that every priority has…

How do I plan a retreat people don't dread?

Planning a retreat people don't dread starts with deciding what the retreat needs to accomplish.

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Training and Workshops That Actually Stick

Training changes practice when it's built around the work people actually do and followed by something that holds the new habit in place.

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