STOP WASTING TIME DEVELOPING STRATEGIC PLANS THAT DON'T GET
IMPLEMENTED
Far too often, people experience strategic planning as a wasted
activity-painful, unproductive, and irrelevant to the issues at
hand. And once planning is done, the product usually gets put on a
shelf, never to be looked at again.
"The Executive Guide to Facilitating Strategy" provides
executives, leaders and facilitators with a step-by-step resource
for guiding their team through all phases of the strategic planning
process - from gaining the team's buy-in to do planning and
identify strategic issues, all the way through organization
alignment, implementation, monitoring and making adjustments.
This book delivers the Drivers Model, a powerful tool to help
you facilitate your organization through the development of a
strategic plan from start to finish, whether you lead a
corporation, government agency, non-profit organization, business
unit, department, or team. The Drivers Model is a simple but
dynamic process that covers the seven key principles for masterful
planning, from thoroughly identifying critical issues to
establishing a rigorous process for driving successful
implementation.
You'll also discover -
The 10 common planning pitfalls and how to avoid them; How to
facilitate your team through mission and vision creation;
Strategies for setting measurable targets and deciding priorities;
How to use critical success factors and barriers to focus your
plan; Techniques for moving your values from a plaque on the wall
to serving as a guide for decision-making every day; and A process
for monitoring progress and promoting positive accountability.
The book is chock-full of tools and techniques and includes over
400 examples of mission statements, goals, guiding principles,
strategies, agendas, and process checklists. Experienced
practitioners will especially like the quality checks included for
each component of the plan so that you can be sure that what you
create is effective and thorough.
In summary, "The Executive Guide to Facilitating Strategy" guides
you in your role as an effective facilitator of change by providing
you a proven framework that you can use immediately in just about
any kind of planning you may need to do.
Early Praise for The Effective Guide to Facilitating
Strategy
"Great facilitation produces real commitment to solving problems
and to advancing your organization. That's why we put special
emphasis on the Drivers Model as we train our next generation of
leaders. This book is like having an executive MBA program in
facilitating strategy at your disposal. Michael Wilkinson is a
master facilitator and a world-class teacher."
-Mark O'Connell, Director, Advanced Leadership Program, United Way
Movement
"As the leading CEO membership organization in the world, we
know firsthand that when it comes to meeting tough challenges or
realizing high aspirations for your business, a solid strategic
framework is an invaluable asset. The Drivers Model will get you
where you want to go "
-Ruby L. Randall, President and Chief Operating Officer, Vistage
International, Inc.
"The Drivers Model is a great business tool for nonprofits to
develop strategic direction for their organizations. I have used
the Drivers Model for over fifteen years both as a leader of an
association and chief executive of a non-profit. Simply put, it
works."
-Wayne McMillan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bobby Dodd
Institute
"Michael Wilkinson provides a refreshing and systematic way of
approaching the critical and painful task of defining our
strategies. His latest book zeroes in on an oft-overlooked aspect
of strategy development-the leader's role. It is mandatory reading
for my strategy team."
-Steve Bushkuhl, Downstream Chief of Staff, Saudi Aramco
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