Aligning Vision
Balancing Strategic Plans & Tactical Projects
Objectives
1. Clarify your organization’s vision, mission, and values
2. Establish critical success indicators
(key focuses, benchmarks, goals)
3. Select differentiating strategies and critical projects to
achieve your goals and vision
4. Align functional team operating plans and projects
to your strategies
5. Streamline project plans (purpose, objectives, boundaries, etc.)
6. Specify team agreements (roles, responsibilities, processes, etc.)
7. Link employee performance management systems
Purpose
As you grow your organization, it becomes increasingly complex to communicate your vision, measure your effectiveness in implementing strategies to meet your goals, and balance ever-changing project priorities. Business leaders need a clear, practical way to establish direction and motivate their teams to achieve their visions. A constant charge to “hit the numbers” is critical, yet a broader focus is necessary to ensure long-term business growth.
This highly interactive process will offer you a framework to begin describing key components of a strategic business plan. Functional team operating plans, project plans, and team agreements will be streamlined. Performance management systems will be identified to reward employees who meet and exceed performance expectations. Create vision, align strategic direction, and sustain financial success!
