STRATEGIC PLANNING
“Great facilitation that kept a large group on task. Just a great team to work with, very happy with our partnership.”
– Water Utility Leader
Strategic Planning
Ready to move beyond that sit-on-the-shelf strategic plan toward real action and results? Core’s comprehensive strategic planning services have redefined the traditional strategy experience. Utilizing our proven RAP process, Core’s experienced facilitators lead your planning team through an engaging and insightful process that positions your organization for future success.
Our Proven RAP Process:
Research
The Research Phase in the RAP process helps your organization gain insight about a desired future state from its stakeholders. By involving stakeholders early in the planning process, we believe clients can build alignment around initiatives and develop champions of the strategic work.
Appreciative Inquiry
The collected data from the Research Phase serves as the critical foundation for the future strategic direction. At this point in the process, we’ll explore the best of what currently exists as well as the best of what could be. Using a process called Appreciative Inquiry, Core facilitates planning sessions with your team to discover, dream, design and select strategies for moving the organization forward.
Polish
The first two phases of the process are used to explore concepts and define actions. Core does not utilize valuable time on wordsmithing when your planning team comes together. Instead, after a plan has been outlined, we assist your organization with finetuning the language. The result is a polished working template to be used for implementation. We can also work with a third-party marketing firm to provide professionally designed collateral if desired.
“The greatest value in working with Core on our strategic plan was their resourcefulness and knowledge to create a process, structure, and overall plan. Core’s team is professional, they listened to our objective and were able to customize an approach that worked for us. Throughout the project, they demonstrated effective communication and pivoted as needed to unexpected changes or tweaks along the way. A bonus to working with them was that they felt like a part of our team and made this important strategy project fun!”
– Organizational Development Leader at water and wastewater utility