Problem: Lack of Accountability

While strategic planning failures are usually laid at the feet of corporate executives, it is often the organization itself that is to blame. Many times, what is at fault is the strategic planning methodology itself, usually a byproduct of the many executives who have influenced the process over the years. As leaders come and go, they tweak a once-viable strategic planning process year after year until it is ineffective and no longer recognizable.

Lack of organizational – and individual – accountability stems from four sources:

  1. No clear, measureable strategic plan objectives by which to measure progress.
  2. Insufficient resources – capital, budget, and human – to implement the plan.
  3. Conflicting and competing strategic plan objectives.
  4. Competing priorities among those tasked with execution.

Solution: Best-of-Breed Planning Methodology

strategicplanningMD has perfected its Red Ocean Strategic Planning methodology that ensures the development of actionable, performance-driven strategic plans that foster accountability. And when supported by strategicplanningMD, accountability becomes transparent, creating a culture shift within the organization. Our services and tools include:

  • Design and implementation of our best-practice Red Ocean Strategic Planning methodology.
  • Training in strategic planning methods, tools, and terminology.
  • Identification and creation of clear, measureable objectives that drive for results.
  • Development of action plans to achieve strategic plan objectives.
  • Alignment of the strategic plan to capital and operational budgets.
  • Alignment of the strategic plan to management incentives and performance evaluations.
  • Evaluation of wasteful, redundant, or unproductive committees, meetings, and tasks.
  • Cascading of strategic plan objectives throughout the organization.
  • Development and execution of strategic plan communications programs.

If you need help in creating a culture of strategic plan accountability, then call us at 800-535-1559. We’ll show you the possibilities that exist with a best-of-breed planning methodology.