1. Strategic
Plans that
Learn
James C. Galvin, Ed.D. February 7-8, 2013

2. Most nonprofit leaders believe they
should have a long-range strategic plan

3. The problem with strategic plans is that
many contain so little real strategy

4. Your role is to design and install a new
planning process for your organization

5. You want your organization to adapt
quickly when change happens

6. You wonder if your organization may
have a learning disability

7. You are uncertain about your current
strategic planning process

8. You want a strategic planning process
that will deliver good strategy

9. Move from static strategic planning to
dynamic strategic management

10. Part 1
Strategic
Planning

11. Strategic planning became popular
during the 1960s and 1970s

12. Most long-range strategic plans are
based on flawed assumptions

13. The Schleiffen Plan was static and
failed to prevent a war on two fronts

14. The military makes use of sand tables
for planning that is dynamic

15. Strategic planning templates don’t work
Vision
Mission
Core Values
Critical Success Factors
Goals/Objectives

16. Traditional strategic planning was put to
death in the 1990s

17. Microsoft

18. Microsoft

19. Dell

20. Facebook

21. Part 2
The
Strategy
Kernel

22. Strategy is how you get there
How to
get
there
Where you want
to go
Where
you are

23. Good strategy includes diagnosis,
guiding idea, coherent actions

24. Diagnosis is a penetrating analysis of
the challenges you are facing

25. Guiding idea is the overall approach
you will take to confront the challenge

26. Coherent actions are the key initiatives
that will implement the guiding idea

27. In the Bible we find many examples of
leaders with a strategic intent

28. Case: Agape Adoption Agency

29. Case: Women in Leadership

30. Case: Inspirational Publishing

31. Case: Generic Christian University

32. Part 3
Strategic
Management

33. Move from static strategic planning to
dynamic strategic management

34. Most organizations should conduct
strategic reviews monthly or quarterly

35. Get the kernel right and keep adapting
to your changing environment

36. Action planning can help you and your
team clarify and strengthen a plan
Goal

37. Use the stair step tool to get the entire
team on the same page
New front
door
installed
paint
install
purchase hardware
purchase door
schedule installation
locate best supplier
decide door design

38. Practice: What is something worth
doing that you need to plan?
Goal

39. Move from static strategic planning to
dynamic strategic management

41. You should feel free to let go of your
old strategic planning habits

42. G&A
www.galvinandassociates.com