{"id":100,"date":"2013-02-26T17:32:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T17:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/?p=100"},"modified":"2013-08-08T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T16:08:35","slug":"higher-education-strategic-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/higher-education-strategic-planning\/higher-education-strategic-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Planning CPR: How to Breath Life Back Into Your Strategic Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/il_fullxfull.82181441.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30\" title=\"il_fullxfull.82181441\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/il_fullxfull.82181441-300x212.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/il_fullxfull.82181441-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/il_fullxfull.82181441-630x445.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.sadlouskos.com\/Business-Consulting-Services\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/il_fullxfull.82181441.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Recently I had a conversation about strategic planning with a past higher education client. We discussed the challenge in staying on course when taking action on a strategic plan.\u00a0 The time commitment to develop an actionable strategic plan is not small. However, the real challenge lies in implementation. Our conversation reminded me of an interview I did a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>I had the pleasure of being interviewed on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/businessdig\" target=\"_blank\">The Business Dig<\/a>, a blog radio show hosted by Lisa Kanda and Debra Frey, Our discussion focused on challenges in successful strategic plan implementation and steps to get back on track.\u00a0\u00a0The focus of this interview was not necessarily on strategic planning in higher education, however the message is applicable.<\/p>\n<p>Has it been awhile since you\u2019ve reviewed your strategic plan? Here is a link to listen to how to get back to your plan.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/businessdig\/2011\/04\/07\/strategy-cpr-how-to-breathe-life-into-your-organizations-game-plan\" target=\"_blank\">Strategic Planning CPR: How to Breath Life Back into your Strategic Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The four steps below are highlights from the interview to get back to taking action on your strategic plan.<\/p>\n<h3>Regroup<\/h3>\n<p>Dust off your strategic plan and take a hard look at it. If it\u2019s been one or two quarters since you last reviewed the document, organize a review session (ideally a half-day retreat) with a committee of key administrative or academic representatives from your school or department. The goal is to re-engage.\u00a0 Consider the goals listed in the plan and discuss where you are today.<\/p>\n<h3>Refine Plan<\/h3>\n<p>Does the plan in its current state resonate with where you want to be in the next 18 months?\u00a0 If not, how can the goals and initiatives be adjusted? What are five key actions that need to take place in the next quarter to get started?<\/p>\n<h3>Take Action<\/h3>\n<p>The next steps are pure action planning.\u00a0 Designate an owner of the plan to steer implementation. Discuss and allocate resources needed. Define and agree on immediate next steps for implementation.<\/p>\n<h3>Report Progress Regularly<\/h3>\n<p>Create a strategic plan dashboard to track progress on key initiatives. How will progress be communicated? What is the communication mechanism? Who is accountable for managing communication?\u00a0 Who is included on the distribution list?<\/p>\n<p>Questions about starting a strategic planning initiative at your institution or department? Contact me at <a href=\"mailto:dianna@sadlouskos.com?subject=Strategic Planning Inquiry\">dianna@sadlouskos.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I had a conversation about strategic planning with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15],"tags":[26,5],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-higher-education","category-higher-education-strategic-planning","tag-higher-education","tag-strategic-planning"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Higher Education: Strategic Planning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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