Why Organizations Need 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.

Their strengths establish their strong points as an organization, that which gives them leverage when compared to their competitors. Weaknesses are just the opposite, in that they are what drags the org down, and inhibits or keeps it from achieving its objectives. The threats are external entities or circumstances that can potentially bridle or forbid the achievement of these goals.

Strategic decisions are therefore imperative, but making them is yet another quandary. For some organizational planning experts, three elements are contributive to successful strategic decisions. Structured conversation among the members of the group is said to aid in its fruition. Opportunities must be identified and accordingly addressed, and responsibilities will have to be delegated.

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.

The core competencies of an org would also have to be reiterated, if not reconsidered. After all, these are the organizations competitive advantages, and not putting them to good use will result in a knock down drag out languishing in whatever sphere the group is operating in. Its values and guiding principles would also need to be straightened out, that which outlines the culture of a company and giving a sneak peak on how things are done.

Facilitation is needed for basic reasons. Firstly, it makes things smoother and easier. The objectives of a meeting are already pretty much directed and zeroed in on a particular agenda. Moreover, the facilitator would also be able to contrive some sort of connection within the group, ensuring a continuous flow of information and much needed communication.

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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