Team – Based Strategic Planning : A Complete Guide To Structuring, Facilitating And Implementing The Process

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A practical and dynamic resource on team-based strategic planning, this toolkit-in-a-book shows how to bend, shape and modify the conventional strategic planning process to meet an organization’s goals. It also delineates the techniques and methods needed to succeed. The real-world examples provided illustrate each step of the process. The book is designed for active use at every stage of the process. It helps readers through dozens of hands-on tools including: A proven strategic change process model that forecasts expected changes and results over a five-year period Cue cards and flow charts that plot the process and make it easier to master Self-contained facilitator guides for setting priorities, guiding the team to consensus, and using twelve classic techniques to help the team reach its objectives Troubleshooting advice on problem intervention for CEOs, planning leaders, and facilitators. “In too many companies strategic planning is a once-a-year paper exercise. In this book C. Davis Fogg has provided an outstanding, practical guide for key executives who want to make strategic planning an active tool for improving teamwork and firm performance. There is nothing theoretical about this book. The reader is provided a detailed map for managing the strategic planning process from beginning to end.” Michael Beer Professor of Business Administration Harvard University Table of Contents Contents List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Part One The Strategic Planning and Change Process 1 The Traditional Strategic Planning Process 2 Whose Job is it? An overview of roles and Responsibilities 3 Demystifying the Process: the Four phases of change 4 What facilitators do 5 Tailoring the process to your organization 6 Preparing the organization: Getting buy-in and developing skills for strategic change Part Two The nuts and Bolts: Facilitating the Process step by step 7. Situation Analysis: What it is, How it’s done, who does it 8. Expanded Analysis 9. Facilitator’s Guide I: Priority-Setting Meeting—Facilitating Agreement on strategy and strategic Priorities 10. Strategy Meeting Prework 11. Facilitator’s Guide II: Strategy Meeting—Guiding the team to consensus on each part of the plan Part Three Implementing the Plan 12 Making the plan operational 13 Keeping the plan on track 14 After the First Plan: Updating and improving with much less pain 15 Five years ofplanning: Benchmarks of accomplishment Part Four Team Processes 16 Effective teams and Product5ive team members 17 Facilitator’s guide III: Techniques for Team tasks 18 Unstopping typical blockages 19 Summary: Lessons for Success Appendix Mission Statements and Strategic Plan Summaries Glossary Index