Leading Strategic Planning in Organizations

Beginning with a clear mission, strategic planning is an iterative, dynamic process of translating the mission into a series of goals and outcomes in public, private, and non-profit organizations. The organization’s vision, values, mission, and goals are the core of the process; strategic planning involves a series of options, understanding opportunities, evaluating risks, developing the plan and building in ethics, communication, implementation, and evaluation. The strengths and limitations of rational planning processes are explored and strategies for coping with unintended consequences are developed. The role of the leader in the process is also discussed.