Strategic Thinking

Basic Awareness Session
This session is an ideal way to introduce your district to Strategic Planning. We explore and explain the urgent necessity of change, basic planning philosophies, the process and discipline of Strategic Planning, and the most effective method of implementation. This session may be conducted in either a two hour or half-day format. Typically, there are two presentations in a district: one for all administrators and/or teachers; another for the board.

Systems Capacity and Design
No system can realize its strategic plan with the organization that develops the plan. Therefore, this session is intended to provide an understanding of the full implications of Strategic Planning. The subjects include a historical overview of the development of contemporary organizational theories and practices, a critical assessment of current ideas of “management” and “leadership;” and the examination of obsolescence of existing systems and exploration of the creation of new systems through the four dimensions of organization. This five-hour session is conducted strictly as an awareness seminar. It is critical that the whole board be involved in this discussion.