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Strategic
Planning
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Strategic
planning is a hot word today, but what does it really mean?
We’ve found that the degree that SP is tied in with your
budgets is the degree to which it is successful.
Overall, we are trying to create strong links between
strategic goals, annual performance goals, and the budgets. It
looks something like this:
As
management guru Henry Mintzberg explains: "Planners
shouldn’t create strategies, but they can supply data, help
managers think strategically, and program the vision."
He also notes: "Strategic planning isn’t strategic
thinking. One is analysis, the other is the other is synthesis."
So
strategic planning is a first step, leading to strategic
thinking. So what
is strategic thinking? And how is it different from what we
usually do? Well,
what we are accustomed to is analytical thinking.
There is a contrast between the two:
Strategic
thinking is:
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Analytical
thinking is:
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Future
oriented
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Broad
in perspective and scope
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More
opportunity-oriented
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Divergent
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More
of a process and flow
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Directional
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Right
brain
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Analogies
and comparisons
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More
natural for people who have intuitive and perceiving
preferences
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More
present-oriented
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More
detailed and focused
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Directed
at problem-solving
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More
convergent
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Task
or activity oriented
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Decisional
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Left
brain
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Discrete
and logical
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More
natural for people who have sensing and judging
preferences
©Stumpf,
1991
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LAPA’s
approach to strategic planning is innovative, challenging, and
effective. It
usually takes about 14-24 months for most organizations to adopt
a strategic direction and plan.
We hope you will choose LAPA to work with you through
this process.
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