sharpening organizational strategy

James C. Galvin, Ed.D.May 1, 2013

Sharpening Organizational Strategy

The industry changed

Government regulations changed

The channel changed

The customers changed

The context for most ministries is changing rapidly and in surprising ways

Yet our organizations tend to keep doing the same things the same way

Your role is to bring back a new way of thinking about organizational strategy

Your current organizational strategy has become dull

Your current organizational strategy has become dull

Your current organizational strategy has become dull

You want a renewed strategy that is fresh and effective

Accurate diagnosis

Guiding policy

Coherent actions

Convene a special task force to sharpen your organizational strategy

The problem with most strategic plans is they contain so little real strategy

Strategic planning templates don’t work

Vision

Mission

Core Values

Critical Success Factors

Goals/Objectives

Strategy is how you get from where you are to where you want to be

Where you are

Where you want to go

How to get there

Many ministry leaders cannot articulate their organizational strategy

All ministries have a default organizational strategy

Good strategy includes diagnosis, guiding policy, coherent actions

Diagnosis is a penetrating analysis of the challenges you are facing

Guiding policy is the overall approach you will take to address the challenges

Coherent actions are the key initiatives that will implement the guiding policy

Accurate diagnosis

Guiding policy

Coherent actions

Convene a special task force to sharpen your organizational strategy

Diagnosis is a penetrating analysis of the challenges you are facing

Analyze the effectiveness of your current organizational strategy

Identify where you are at on the organizational life cycle

What are the greatest challenges your organization is facing?

Accurate diagnosis

Guiding policy

Coherent actions

Convene a special task force to sharpen your organizational strategy

Guiding policy is the overall approach you will take to address the challenges

What are your options for moving your organization forward?

Case: Agape Adoption Agency

Case: Women in Leadership

Case: Cabrini Green Clinic

Case: Camp Wannabe

Case: Mild Middle Judicatory

Case: Inspirational Publishing

Case: Generic Christian University

Use the innovation radar tool to think creatively about new options

Which potential guiding policy has the most promise for your situation?

Accurate diagnosis

Guiding policy

Coherent actions

Convene a special task force to sharpen your organizational strategy

Coherent actions are the key initiatives that will implement the guiding policy

Organizational strategy that has been sharpened implies change

Which possible initiatives have the most potential to move you forward?

Summarize your strategic plan on one side of one sheet of paper

Accurate diagnosis

Guiding policy

Coherent actions

Convene a special task force to sharpen your organizational strategy

Build your team of staff, board, donors, volunteers, dynamic strategic thinkers

Your organization will function better when you sharpen the strategy

So what do you think?

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