We recently received the following question from an attendee during our ACHE Cluster session, Strategic Planning from Formulation to Action, in Phoenix: What is the link between the critical planning issues established in the environmental assessment and the vision established in the organizational direction phase of the strategic planning process? In order to best address […]
We recently received the following question from an attendee during our ACHE Cluster session, Strategic Planning from Formulation to Action, in Phoenix: What is the risk of not assessing your organization’s strengths and weaknesses accurately at the outset of a strategic planning process? A strategic planning process is an optimal time to hold a mirror […]
We recently received the following question from an attendee during our ACHE Cluster session, Strategic Planning from Formulation to Action, in Phoenix: How often should we go through a full strategic planning process vs. just update our existing strategic plan? The need or desire to complete or update a strategic plan will vary greatly by […]
How often should an organization’s mission statement be revisited and under what circumstances should it be changed? Unlike a vision statement, a mission statement is usually an enduring message that remains constant throughout an organization’s existence. There are numerous examples of health care organizations with mission statements that were established at the organization’s founding a […]
We recently received the following question from a registered attendee during our ACHE Cluster session, Strategic Planning from Formulation to Action, in San Antonio: What is the relationship between a corporate strategy and the strategy for regional sites? Health care organizations are changing to keep pace with an evolving market. Many organizations that previously had […]
We recently received the following question from a registered attendee during our ACHE Cluster session, Strategic Planning from Formulation to Action, in San Antonio: If there are problems during strategic plan implementation, how does the plan need to be adjusted – at the initiative or the tactical level? A strategic plan should be concrete enough […]
We recently received the following question from a registered attendee during our ACHE Cluster session, Strategic Planning from Formulation to Action, in San Antonio: When you seek board approval of a strategic plan, what are they actually approving (the whole plan, organizational direction, goals, initiatives)? Our firm advocates that the board play an active role […]
After carefully and thoughtfully selecting your organization’s critical planning issues (CPIs), the next step in your planning process is to move directly into goal setting. Goals will serve as the general ends toward which future efforts are directed for a particular CPI. In other words, all of the actions that take place under the umbrella […]
The complexity of the health care environment calls for our organizations to do business in a different way, challenging our ability and flexibility to remain nimble and effectively address internal and external demands; in short, it requires us to change. At the outset of the strategic planning process, it’s important for leaders to have a […]
A common pitfall in strategy formulation phase of strategic planning comes from trying to accomplish too much at once: laying out each and every issue that the organization faces or has faced in the past, and trying to address all of them in one fell swoop. This approach leads to an overwhelming amount of tasks […]