Strategy Management Practice
Our Strategy Management practice provides the data and tools you need to support your organization's strategic planning process
A strategic planning cycle typically includes four steps. While not everyone approaches strategic planning or management in the same way, tackling each of these four steps is essential to setting priorities and achieving your goals.
We offer services for the “Research and Build Support” phase and the “Implement and Monitor” phase of your strategic planning cycle. Our Service Grants can also help you get the data you need to make important decisions, regardless of where you are in the cycle.
If you need facilitation for mission/vision or strategic planning work, we encourage you to visit one of our nonprofit strategic planning partners.
Available Service Grants
Competitor/Collaborator Analysis
What are similar organizations doing? Who poses a threat? Where are opportunities for collaboration?
Do you know who you should work with and who you need to watch out for? Our team works with you to map the competitive landscape so you can understand the key players.
Financial Analysis
What do our programs cost? How much does it cost to run each of our sites? How much are our different revenue generation strategies costing us?
When you have a good understanding of the cost of your organization’s initiatives, you will stand out to funders as a savvy grantee who makes informed financial decisions. In our Financial Analysis Service Grant, our team will help you define the costs associated with important activities such as programs, expansion, or revenue generation.
Strategic Planning Prep
Who are our stakeholders and how can we involve them? What is our operating environment like? What are our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats?
Do you have the data you need to make informed strategic decisions? Understanding the environment you operate in, and your unique situation in that environment, is the key to good decision-making. Our team works with you to define and gather the information you need, then helps you understand associated opportunities and threats.
Strategic Scorecard
What are the metrics I need to track to ensure execution against my plans?
What reports do my team and board need and how often? And how do I get that data and display it in a meaningful way?
Preparing your strategic plan is only the first step to achieving your mission: execution is key. Monitoring and communicating strategic execution, however, can be a challenge. Our team works with you to translate your strategic plan into measurable targets, define a data collection plan, and create a useful scorecard tool.
