Strategic Planning
Every business that does strategic planning and executes the plan is more successful than those that don't do strategic planning.
Failing to plan is planning to fail. To achieve goals, you must plan for them. If you do nothing else, you should do strategic planning. It is one of the most powerful tools to help you put in place a plan of action for your business development, progress and growth. 
Knowing where you want to take your business and getting there take focus and commitment. Effective strategic planning and diligent execution helps you build a more successful business. With your goals identified, your team aligned with the goals, and the strategic plan mapped out along a timeline, you will realize an increase in your business' performance.
A good strategic plan sets the direction, provides a roadmap and guides your business decisions. It helps align the entire team to the same goals and objectives so that everyone is moving in the same direction and is clear about the outcome. A good strategic plan directs the leadership decisions, planning and focus of an organization. Strategic planning encompasses an assessment of your business strengths and weaknesses, reinforces your core business purposes, and identifies where opportunities may be as well as threats to your success.
A written strategic plan spells out specific measurable goals, strategies and actions to accomplish the goals. It provides timelines, benchmarks, and clearly defines what the goals are and results will be. Our business consulting firm will organize the strategic planning and guide you through execution so you can focus on your business. In collaboration with you and your staff, we will help you dedicate the organization to achieving the goals you set.
Our business consulting firm will organize
the strategic planning and guide you
through execution so you can focus on your business.
You will have a thoughtful strategic plan in place, assistance in executing the plan, and guidance on aligning your people and processes to achieve your desired results. What you gain is better results; focus on what is important and fixing areas that hinder your ability to grow your business. Strategic planning is one of the most powerful business tools you can undertake.
Donna Childs Consultants will lead your organization through the process including:
Surveys and SWOT analysis, gathering environmental information
Communications to participants
Facilitating the strategic planning retreat
Producing the written strategic plan
Follow up to ensure execution and accountability
It will include timelines and a follow up schedule to ensure successful implementation of the plan. It’s not hard to do when you use a seasoned professional with 20 years experience.
Testimonial
"Donna Childs worked with the St. Leonard Foundation Board of Trustees to plan and conduct a strategic planning retreat. She led us through the entire process with skill and understanding. The exercise began with gathering key inputs about the organization and environment and from each board member in advance of the actual planning sessions, which made the sessions that she led very efficient, focused and spirited. The result was a solid strategic plan that included refined mission and vision statements and a manageable set of goals and strategies for achieving each goal. We are now poised to direct our work toward implementing the strategies." ~~ Wally Nugent, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees