The Benefits Of A Strategic Planning Workshop Facilitation

By Jessica Cole


Every organization runs with some sort of end goal in mind. These goals are many and sundry, the possibilities are endless, but they are usually achievable. However, there are cases when the organization is merely running in perpetual circles, speeding up and pressing down on the pedal with seemingly no end in sight, in fact very much comparable to a hamster on a running wheel. In order to set this metaphorical rodent free from this rat race, one would need to tailor some strategic planning workshop facilitation.

This workshop is all about having the organization get its act straight. Facilitation in this regard will aid in the assured effectiveness of the strategic planning process. As a result, most major and large scale plans will be well executed and thereby successful.

Organization planning, or perhaps just about any large scale planning, has to do with the refocusing of targets. The associates of the org will have to reassess whether or not the plans they set out for themselves are actually viable, if not feasible. They would then need to set out listings of their SWOT. These involves strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat.

A successful strategic plan subsumes the targets as well as the forecasts of a team. The constituents ably analyze their strengths and weaknesses, as well as their opportunities and threats. All in all, these last four mentioned are abbreviated SWOT, and are very much featured as stables in organizational considerations.

Strategic decisions will then have to be made, but they must be effectively brought about. Some strategic planners advocate three important elements. First is structured conversation, which is the constructive communication among the constituents of the group. Opportunities and responsibilities are also carefully balanced out.

This planning stage is quite extensive and convoluted. First off, one must learn to identify opportunities, and then craft courses of action around them. Potential problems and roadblocks must be outlined. If ever multiple ones are pinpointed, then the organization would then have to establish their priorities according to their immediate needs. Of course, economics would have to be taken into account. After all, its the fuel that keeps everything, including your organization, up and running. One must therefore learn to effectively allocate all available resources.

This enterprise involves quite a lot of balancing acts. First off, there are the policies and procedures to take into account and completely adhere to. And then there are the abstract objectives and standards of performance to wrap your head around. And only then can you trickle down the more practical considerations, that of your companys programs, schedules, and budgets.

The purpose of facilitation is then pretty much straightforward. The elements and variables enumerated above are quite a chore to memorize by heart, let alone collate altogether in any particular moment. A facilitator will ensure that all these are faithfully adhered to. Plus, he will machinate some kind of connection in the group, which will enable some channel of communication and information.

With a facilitator, everything is pretty much easier and smoother. The agenda is fixed and followed, and the meeting or workshop has focus and direction. Constructive communication is enabled, and the purpose of meetings is faithfully complied with and maintained. With such a flux of information and ideas among the constituents, the objectives of the company will surely and easily be carried out and fulfilled.




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