Planning for Success:

Part 1 | Why Bother?

Organizations today move at the speed of light and often face competing priorities, changing environments and competitive landscapes, and expanding co-located and/or virtual teams. Having a solid plan to adapt to change and taking calculated steps for success will greatly increase the odds of achieving your goals. Is your organization prepared to plan, adapt, and re-calibrate for success?

Listen to Robyn Rickenbach, the President of Springboard International, explain in 90 seconds the three reasons why you should be thinking about strategic planning for your organization.

Part 2 | What’s First?

Planning for organizational success begins with engaging ALL stakeholders to collaboratively determine vision, mission, and values. Clarity and consensus on that foundation will allow each individual to understand how their contributions move the bar – and will drive a cascading, positive effect on your organization.

Check out this video clip for suggestions on creating a successful strategic plan that allows your entire organization to see the path to success.

Part 3 | What’s Missing?

It’s not easy to sit down and evaluate the critical success factors for your organization – but it’s important to get all stakeholders on board and work collaboratively with them to determine the path to effectiveness. Leadership engagement, consistent and regular communication, and cross-team collaboration are key ingredients to get organization-wide buy-in for your long-term strategy. 

Watch this short video to discover a critical and game-changing component to a successful strategic plan that most organizations skip.

Part 4 | Got Goals?

What will your future look like? Will you merely survive, or will you wildly succeed? Success doesn’t come looking for you – you pursue it. Effective goal setting helps you to get and to stay on track.

Whether you are an organization developing a strategic plan or an individual building your own leadership capability, you need specific goals, a timeline for achieving your goals, and a system for measuring and celebrating success. This video provides tips and ideas on effective goal setting strategies.

Part 5 | Get Going!

When everyone sees the path of the organization and how their individual contributions and involvement support the plan, they are confident, resourceful, and empowered. A lot of organizations stop at goals when developing their strategic plans. Defining next steps, a timeline, accountability, and metrics to hang off your goals is where the rubber meets the road. 

Learn in under two minutes how to create effective action steps to round out your strategic plan by engaging individual contributors and operationalizing your goals.

Part 6 | One Story

Our clients are great at telling the story of how having a strategic plan can positively impact their organization. In this video, Jan Ridgely, Chief Executive Officer at United Charitable, a non-profit whose mission is to make philanthropy accessible to everyone, recaps her experience of how Springboard catalyzed her organization’s path to success.