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Strategic Planning for the Effective Leader
Steve Holt
NWMSU SBTDC
Chillicothe, Missouri
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Learning Objectives
• Be able to relate strategic planning to the roles of the leader
• Be able to describe a strategic planning process• Be able to describe two or three techniques that
will help busy leaders direct an effective strategic planning exercise
• Be able to describe two or three techniques to organizing and conducting a planning retreat
• Be able to describe two or three techniques to achieve the desired outcomes of strategic planning
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Roles of the Leader
• Crystallize the mission
• Facilitate communications
• Develop subordinates
• Delegate
• Utilize resources wisely
Source: Training Handout Butler Manufacturing, circa 1980, author unknown
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Nine Step Strategic Planning Process—Pre-Retreat Activities
• Review the organization’s vision
• Review the organization’s mission
• Identify the organization’s strengths and weaknesses
• Identify the organization’s threats and opportunities
• Evaluate the competition
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• Set objectives or goals
• Identify strategies to achieve these objectives
• Identify actions utilizing the strategies to achieve objectives
• Establish controls
Nine Step Strategic Planning Process—Retreat Activities
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Vision/Mission Statement
• For our context, assume it exists
• If not will have to develop
• Essential to the strategic planning process
• Review vision and mission statement to ensure they remain relevant
• Tip: Throughout you want to engage all of the organization in the process, communicate, and translate.
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Vision Example
• Dairy equipment company
• “Our vision is to build milking equipment and milking parlors that are food processing facilities.”
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Mission Samples
• Google: "To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful."
• Yahoo: “To connect people to their passions, their communities, and the world's knowledge.”
• Walmart: “We save people money so they can live better.”
• SW Airlines: “Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and Company Spirit.”
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SWOT
• Identify the organizations Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
• What do we do well? What are the positive things about this organization?
• What do we not do well? What are the negative things about this organization?
• What are things that we can take advantage of? What are our opportunities?
• What are the threats to this organization? What are the roadblocks that stand in our way?
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SWOT Process and Tips
• Opportunity to engage the entire organization
• Use email or a survey
• Give them some background/training, tell them how it fits
• Ask them to respond with two or three ideas comments on each
• Combine and group ideas
• Share results
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Strengths Examples
• Chamber
– Ambassador program
– Positive image in the community
• Arts organization
– Commitment and strength of our grassroots network
• Food Company
– Award winning products
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Weakness Examples
• Chamber
– Lack of strong focus and marketing message
• Arts organization
– An inactive board
• Food Company
– Lack of computerized control systems
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Threat Examples
• Chamber
– Economy
• Arts organization
– Funding
• Food Company
– Flight of talent
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Opportunity Examples
• Chamber– Build on collaborative relationships
– Strengthen our marketing message
• Arts Organization– Engage our board
– Utilize our grass-roots network to improve our funding situation
• Food Company– Stress our awards in our product marketing
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Competitive Review
• Every one has competition– In the product and services that you offer
– For the budget dollar you want to tap into
• Competition has some influence on your organization’s activities
• Competitive review is an ongoing and constant activity
• Researching the competition might reveal opportunities or threats
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Competitive Review Examples
• Chamber – Other service organizations
• Arts organization– Splinter group representing larger local art
organization members
• Food company– Catalog companies
– Fundraising companies
– Wholesale companies
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Set Objectives/Goals
• Having taken a 360 degree look at the organization and its environment set goals.
• Look out one year and further as dictated by:– Business cycle – Length of time to bring to market
• Capitalize on opportunities and improve on weaknesses• Goals are SMART
– Strategic– Measurable– Attainable– Relevant– Time-bound
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Select Strategies
• Strategies are the options that an organization has to choose from or methods that can be employed to achieve an objective
• Strategies should balance strengths and weaknesses
• Build on those things that the organization does well while recognizing those things that the organization doesn’t do well
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Identify Actions to Achieve Objectives
• Actions are the steps that are required to achieve the set objectives and SMART goals.
• Someone is accountable
• Resources are allocated
• Someone monitors
• Target dates are set
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Establish Controls
• Budgets
• Review schedules
– Monthly meetings
– Employee reviews
• Communicate, discuss goals and share progress
– MODOT: “Completed as Promised”
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Examples--Chamber
• Goal: Increase membership to 300 in 2010• Strategy: Utilize strong ambassador group and
chamber sales representative to recruit new members.• Actions:
– Marketing committee develops marketing message –”Reasons why you should be a chamber member.”
– Board and ambassadors receive training on marketing message
• Controls– Budget supports activity– Review membership attainment at monthly board
meetings and quarterly ambassador meetings
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Example—Food Company
• Goal: Incorporate award winning designation in all product promotion for this year’s promotional cycle.
• Strategy: Use competitive food awards to sell more products.
• Actions: – Marketing departments redesigns labels to include award
image
– Marketing department shoots new food photograph with new label and award
– Marketing department produces marketing brochure featuring award winning food items.
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Planning Retreat—Review Portion
• Location—Relaxing and away from distractions• Tip—Assign responsibilities to team members
and do as much as possible as pre-work • Ice Breaker—help participants clear their minds
to get engaged—team member leader• Remind/Review pre-retreat group work—lay the
groundwork—team member leader– Mission/Vision– SWOT– Competitive analysis
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Planning Retreat (cont.)
• Set objectives/goals– Divide into work groups– Assign task to identify two to three goals– Evaluate and select
• Select Strategies that support goals• Develop actions and responsibilities• Develop controls
– Budgets– Measures– Meeting dates
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Realizing the Strategic Planning Outcomes
• Manage your SMART goals
• Manage your budget
• Manage your meetings
– Monthly/Quarterly operating reviews
– Department meetings
– Individual reviews
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Questions
• Thanks!