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...]
Mission, Vision, And Strategy
Defining The Different Components Of A Strategy
I have spoken to more than a few church leaders on the topic of strategic planning over the years. It's almost always necessary to periodically revisit the definition of the different components of a strategy. It's definitely necessary to explore, understand, and explain when beginning a strategic planning effort with a new church or other organization. What is the difference between mission, vision, and strategy? … [Read more...]
Strategic Planning Operating Procedure
A Step By Step Planning Process For Your Church
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...]
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...]