When you have a need to ...
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Develop a strategic plan that defines issues
to be addressed to achieve your vision
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Have the strategic plan define what needs to
be done, by whom, by when and with what resources
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Reexamine your mission and vision statements
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Make a community or a client needs assessment
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Use focus groups to identify customer
attitudes
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Conduct group meetings or retreats
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Undertake contingency planning
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The Executive Service Corps Can Help By…
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Providing the needed technical assistance for
your strategic planning process
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Maintaining an objective viewpoint
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Tailoring the planning process to accommodate
your needs
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Assisting with the implementation of the
strategic plan
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Some organizations that have benefited from ESC’s strategic planning
consulting:
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Big
Brothers/Sisters of Lake County
Carol Stream Park District
City of Wood Dale
DuPage PADS
DuPage Senior Citizens Council
Evanston Historical Society
Evanston Public Library
Lake Forest Senior Center
Loyola University Law School
Montessori School of Lake Forest
St. Francis Xavier Church
St. Patrick High School
The VISIONS Network
Vernon Hills Park District
Washington Square Retirement Community
Wheaton Christian Grammar School
YWCA Aurora
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A Sample Of The Engagements Conducted
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Reexamination of
mission and vision statements
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Conduct
confidential board and staff interviews
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Needs assessments
or focus groups to identify the wishes of those served
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Use
questionnaires to reach out for greater input
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Facilitate
retreat to identify strategic issues to be addressed
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Assist individual
work groups to develop goals, objectives and resource requirements for each
of the strategic issues
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Contingency
planning in the event a major assumption becomes invalid.
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Help gain the
fullest possible commitment to implementing the plan
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Client Testimonials
Read about how ESC helped
an
organization create its first strategic plan.
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Why is a strategic plan needed? Every organization should develop a vision and
then decide how to work toward that vision. The vision expresses the future of
the agency, what the organization wants to achieve in the years ahead. How to
achieve that future state is determined through a structured process that
establishes goals and objectives by consensus. The document that lists all of
those activities is called a strategic plan.
A strategic plan can be informal and intuitive, but it is better to have a
formal procedure involving broad membership of the agency to gain consensus and
enthusiasm to implement the plan. Our clients agree that the effort is worth the
thoughtful work and dialogue involved in preparing the strategic plan.
Experienced, objective consultants are of great value in the planning process
and in facilitating meetings.
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