Services
Strategic Planning
CT Strategies works closely with clients to develop strategic plans that align with their vision and goals. The goal of Strategic Planning is to set the direction for the organization, or for an specific initiative. Creating a Strategic Plan includes the following steps:
- Understanding the organization’s current role/position: The goal of this process is to determine where your organization stands within your environment. Some techniques that will help in this step include:
a. SWOT Analysis
b. Focus Groups/Interviews
c. Stakeholder Surveys
d. Comparative Analysis/Benchmarking
e. Customer Journey Mapping - Setting priorities and goals: Prioritization is necessary in the Strategic Planning process. Too many priorities will lead to resources being spread too thin to accomplish goals or staff burnout with too many changes happening at once. Working with leadership using prioritization exercises CT Strategies will help your organization identify an appropriate number of priorities for the organization size and resources. Then, using the benchmarking information collected in the previous step, goals will be established for each priority.
- Developing a Strategic Plan: For some consultants, Strategic Planning stops after the priority and goal setting stage, but that’s not a plan, it’s a list of goals and objectives. This stage is where the planning happens, where specific projects and initiatives are identified to meet your organization’s goals. It is also the stage where timelines and responsibilities are assigned to each plan. CT Strategies will work with your team throughout this process, to make sure you have a true Strategic Plan that you can act on
Implementation Support
The goal of CT Strategies is to help organizations move from strategy to results, this means implementing projects and initiatives that support your strategic plan. As part of that effort, CT Strategies can support your organization with:
- Project and Program Management: I offer end-to-end project management services, helping organizations successfully execute their initiatives. From project planning and resource allocation to risk management and quality assurance, I bring a disciplined approach to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
- Tracking Performance: Using data to understand your progress towards goals and objectives helps organizations understand and share success to the public or funders. CT Strategies can work with you to identify appropriate metrics to track and data sources, create processes to track performance, and benchmark against comparative organizations.
Solving Problems
Even the best plans are going to have hurdles to overcome. It may be staff that is struggling with change, bureaucratic process that are limiting your success, or policies and do not support the overall mission of your organization. CT Strategies can help you address these challenges to make sure your organization can accomplish the goals you set out to reach.
- Change Management: I provide guidance and support during periods of organizational change. By developing change strategies, facilitating communication, and implementing change
management plans, I help organizations navigate transitions and minimize disruptions. - Process Improvement: Often the best intentions can be diverted because of long-standing processes, and bureaucracy. Using Lean Six Sigma methodologies pioneered in manufacturing, updated for the lens of providing services to people, I assist local governments and non-profits in optimizing their processes and enhancing efficiency. Through process mapping, assessments, analysis, and recommendations, I help streamline operations, reduce costs, and improve overall organizational performance. This is especially important to do prior to, or as part of, any new technology implementation or organizations run the risk of just overlaying a bad process with technology.
- Policy Creation and Development: I assist clients in developing comprehensive policies and procedures that comply with regulations and best practices. Through policy reviews, gap analyses, and policy development, I help organizations establish robust governance frameworks that promote transparency and accountability.
Let us work together to tackle big challenges
Your organization is doing hard work to tackle big problems. We can help you find the right vision and execute on that vision to improve your community!
