Strategic Planning Consultants

strategy, strategic planning, policy, policies

Strategic Planning and Organizational Alignment

Writing strategic plans. We help you craft a new strategy to maximize your strengths and manage your threats.

Developing policies and priorities. When everything is important, we help you prioritize and develop new policies to solve your most pressing problems.

Developing organizational structures in support of your strategy. Making sure you have the right leaders and management structures in place is key to implementing strategy.

Creating frameworks for decisions. Not everyone will like every decision you make. We'll help you frame difficult questions so you make the best decision you can.

Coaching staff and leadership development. Public sector jobs are hard. We'll support leadership through challenges and can complement existing staff for short-term projects.

Communication and Stakeholder Engagement

Meeting facilitation. Residents, business owners, advocates, nonprofits, other governments, and more are all impacted by the policies you set. We design and facilitate effective meetings and develop a robust engagement strategy that allows voices to be heard and lets you respond effectively.

Survey development and deployment. Asking the right questions to get you the information you need.

Improving team dynamics. No team functions without trust. We'll help break down communication silos and develop tools for your team to succeed.

Mission/Vision/Value facilitation. Aligning your team on your values, mission, and top priorities is key to effectively reaching your goals. We'll design an inclusive process to uncover and address the most important issues.

SWOT/SOAR Analyses. Working with your stakeholders to identify your strengths, opportunities, action items and results.

Change Management, Culture, and Ethics

Implementing strategy. You know where you want to go. We help you put the systems in place to get there.

Managing change. Helping you convince your stakeholders, find your champions, and manage your naysayers.

Crisis management. We'll help guide you through the bad days, help you engage with key stakeholders, and review what went well, what went wrong, and synthesize lessons learned. Most importantly, we'll help implement reforms to make sure you're better prepared in the future.

Ethics training. Providing you the tools to make the right decisions.

Culture audits. Uncovering what drives - or limits - your team's effectiveness and your organization's ability to succeed. We'll look at both your formal and informal systems to make sure your culture is aligned with your values.

Governance and Leadership

Board development and training. Board members have unique roles in your organizations. We give leaders the tools they need to succeed and help them understand their role.

Coaching and mentorship. Providing advice and guidance to your senior leaders.

Issue Prioritization. Moving the ball forward when everything is the most important thing you'll do today.

Systems Improvement

Best Practice Review and Implementation. There is a lot to unpack in your operations. We'll help review your operations, compare it to other, similar jurisdictions, and guide you through implementation.

Process mapping and improvement. We'll understand your workflows and identify ways to improve efficiency and productivity.