Visioning & Strategic Planning
Strategic Visioning Model Overview
This four-page handout includes an overview, a comprehensive graphic depiction of the model and simple descriptions of the seven stages of the Strategic Visioning process.
Get Everyone on the Same Page With Our Visual Process
Strategic Visioning is The Grove's flexible methodology for visually aided strategic analysis. We design and facilitate Strategic Visioning sessions tailored to your needs and sense of urgency. Our consultants are skilled in group process design to deliver a shared vision and goals for your organization in a matter of days—either in person or virtually. At the heart of the Strategic Visioning approach is a series of guided conversations that bring key stakeholders into agreement about new directions. Visual facilitation creates a high-engagement process that supports alignment around:
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desired future
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strategic action plans
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organizational communications
Tap Into Group Creativity and Innovation
While preserving the best practices of traditional planning, Strategic Visioning adds creativity and big-picture thinking. The process is distinctive in using visual templates, called Graphic Guides®, to support focused conversations about an organization’s environment, current situation, vision of a desired future state and action plans for implementing a strategic vision. The visual frameworks enable groups to collectively brainstorm and learn from one another.
Decisions Take Shape Before Your Eyes
Focused on visual displays of their planning work, participants see where they are in alignment and where they still need to reach agreement. At the conclusion of these sessions, every person leaves with a shared vision of what the organization aims to achieve and how its key strategies will unfold. Groups tend to find the sessions not only productive, but inspiring.
Many organizations have embraced Strategic Visioning as their go-to, annual planning process. We’re happy to discuss your organization's particular needs.
“The Strategic Visioning process exceeded our expectations! Although we had initial concern about using a virtual platform, we were pleased with the meaningful engagement, depth of reflection, and bold steps achieved through the process. A sincere thank you to The Grove for facilitating an exceptional process in this most critical time.”
Ed Manansala, Ed.D.
County Superintendent of Schools
El Dorado County Office of Education
Additional Resources
Case Study: DLR Group
Over the past 20 years The Grove has facilitated a Strategic Visioning process every five years for the DLR Group. It helped the organization reach a #1 ranking in the US.
Workshop: Online Strategic Visioning
This workshop will prepare you to lead this template-based process, or have The Grove run a training within your organization, virtually or in person. We also offer licensing for the necessary do-it-yourself tools.
Visual Leaders by David Sibbet
Learn how visual practitioners and leaders can use applied design thinking to foster engagement and align entire organizations on new plans.
Grove Tools
For those who have taken our courses and/or prefer a do-it-yourself approach, we’ve developed toolsets that guide groups through processes of reflection, direction-setting and planning.
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