Colleges Need Strategic Plans
- To focus on what is most compelling to stakeholders including faculty, staff, students, administrators, employers, clients, and the broader community
- To grow areas and programs that are most opportune
- To organize how things get done
- To define, measure, and reward success
Why now?
Strategic Planning Pyramid
Why Strategic Plans Fail
- Planning is a “check the box” activity
- Top-down approach
- Small group effort
- Problem-solving approach – deficit thinking
- Partial responsibility mindset
- Change is seen as a disruption of real work
- Pace is too slow