• Goal-based
  Goals-based planning is probably the most common and starts with focus on the organization’s mission (and vision and/or values), goals to work toward the mission, strategies to achieve the goals, and action planning (who will do what and by when).
• Issues-based
  Issues-based strategic planning often starts by examining issues facing the organization, strategies to address those issues, and action plans.
• Organic
  Organic strategic planning might start by articulating the organization’s vision and values and then action plans to achieve the vision while adhering to those values. This often takes place where no prior plan exists
• Scenario Planning (some would assert that scenario planning is more a technique than model) Quite often, an organization’s strategic planners already know much of what will go into a strategic plan (this is true for business planning, too). However, development of the strategic plan greatly helps to clarify the organization’s plans and ensure that key leaders are all “on the same script”. Far more important than the strategic plan document, is the strategic planning process itself.

Our phased modular approach can work from end to end, or, we can work with on a particular step in the process. The key to a great plan is not the “3 ring binder” but rather do we have all resources aligned to the key strategic outcomes.