Strategic Planning

Benefits of Strategic Planning

Strategic planning serves a variety of purposes for organizations, including to:

• Build consensus about where an organization is going
• Clearly define the purpose of the organization and to establish realistic goals and objectives consistent with that mission in a defined time frame within the organization's capacity for implementation
• Communicate those goals and objectives to the organization's constituents
• Develop a sense of ownership of the plan
• Ensure the most effective use is made of the organization's resources by focusing the resources on the key priorities
• Provide a base from which progress can be measured and establish a mechanism for informed change when needed

Other reasons include that strategic planning:

• Bridges staff and Village Board
• Identifies and addresses major problems
• Increases productivity from increased efficiency and effectiveness
• Provides clearer focus for the organization, producing more efficiency and effectiveness