Purpose The purpose of this operating procedure is to establish, document, and communicate the process for strategic planning at YOUR CHURCH. Scope The strategic planning process is used by senior staff to evaluate the organization’s performance, in terms of meeting stakeholder needs, and to develop a plan to better meet those needs during the coming planning period. The process begins with an annual strategic … [Read more...]
Strategic Planning Facilitation
Helping Churches Through Evaluation And Planning For The Future
I just returned from the Washington DC area where I helped a church through a Strategic Planning Process. I was there all day Friday and Saturday. I really enjoy leading church staff and lay leaders through this process! Watching leaders around the room begin to understand and imagine a future that's different, plotted out from a "plan and execute" point of view, is a very rewarding experience. The impact on … [Read more...]
Documenting A “Strategy”
Some Thoughts On How To Go About Developing And Documenting A Strategy
Documenting a strategy is one of the most important steps in any "plan and execute" leadership culture. I will blog more about a "plan and execute culture" in a future post, but for now, suffice to say that it's one of the most important aspects of a healthy leadership culture, be it in or outside the church. The purpose of a strategy is to succinctly communicate to the reader "the plan" for accomplishing … [Read more...]
Strategic Plan Critical Strategies And Key Objectives
The “actionable” part of the Strategic Plan consists of critical strategies, each broken into key objectives. Critical strategies are the highest-level objectives that begin to break the plan down into its different and distinct areas of focus. Key objectives are the detailed actions identified under each critical strategy. The church's critical strategies and key objectives are outlined below: (1) Numerical … [Read more...]