Strategic & Business Planning
How can you make real change in a constantly changing world? What will it take to create your desired future? Cause & Effect strategic planning helps you step back from your day-to-day work to take a systematic look at your organization and the world around you. We work with you to craft organizational consensus on the right work to be done and a flexible plan to get there.
Our planning assistance will take you through five main elements.
1. Assessment and Research
Because so much depends on your actions, imagination and intuition must be supported by a solid base of knowledge. We bring integrity to the process of collecting data through quantitative and qualitative research in order to assess your organization or community need. We strongly encourage our clients to share the learning and stronger relationships that research brings.
2. Analysis
Once you’ve gathered relevant data, we’ll help you locate, frame and analyze information to identify the most critical questions and strategic solutions. You’ll gain a better understanding of what’s possible with your current capacity, what you’ll need to do differently, and what choices are available to you. We bring creativity and a valuable strategic sensibility to these conversations.
3. Decision-making
Our clients tell us that helping them reach common ground on a course of action is one of the most valuable results of working with us. We know that choosing your desired future requires both courage and clarity. We will challenge your organization to surpass assumed limits to what you can achieve, while carefully anticipating the costs and commitments that your envisioned future will demand from individuals and the whole organization.
4. Implementation
Vision and commitment must be translated into action. And action is your responsibility. We’ll help you develop flexible implementation schedules, budgets and time-bound and measurable objectives, with the degree of detail determined by your needs and resources.
5. Evaluation
We’ll work with you to create benchmarks by which you can measure your progress. We can even check in with you at an agreed upon future date to see how well your change effort is going and help you keep you on track.