Risk Management
March 2, 2020
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Today I want to focus on the role of the board in risk management. All boards must have an understanding of the key risks in the organization and how those…
Author: Chris Govern
Lesson Learned
August 24, 2016
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This post looks at five key lessons learned from working on strategic planning with many small to medium sized not for profits.
1. Do the upfront work…
Action Plan
August 22, 2016
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This post discusses how to develop a workable action plan to implement strategic goals. Strictly speaking this is not strategic planning but it’s vital to ensure the time spent…
Strategic Development, Part 2
July 27, 2016
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The last post described a process for brainstorming responses to the strategic analysis done during the situation review, the mission and vision revisit and the strategic positioning discussions…
Strategic Development Part 1
July 26, 2016
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At this point in the strategic planning process you have looked at the internal and external situation, identified key trends that will impact your organization and your clients…
Strategic Positioning
July 14, 2016
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By this point in the strategic planning process you’ve gathered information, examined the external and internal situation and confirmed your mission and vision…
Strategic Planning: Mission & Vision Revisit
July 11, 2016
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Most organizations have a mission statement, but many Board members and senior staff can’t articulate it well. Most paraphrase with some degree of accuracy…
Planning – The Situation Review
July 7, 2016
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Before looking to the future, it is vital to determine your organization’s current situation (internally and externally) and identify key trends that…
Strategic Planning: Introducing the 5 steps to effective strategic planning
July 4, 2016
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Small to medium not for profits operate in an ever changing environment, and need effective strategic planning to be successful. Limited resources make this difficult, and often…
Strategic Planning: Introducing the 5 steps to effective strategic planning (1 of 8)
May 18, 2015
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Small to medium not for profits are operating in a changing environment and need to do effective strategic planning to be successful. But they have limited resources to…
