{"product_id":"implementing-and-sustaining-your-strategic-plan-isbn-9780470872819","title":"Implementing and Sustaining Your Strategic Plan","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on John Bryson's acclaimed comprehensive approach to strategic planning, the Implementing and Sustaining Your Strategic Plan workbook provides a step-by-step process, tools, techniques, and worksheets to help successfully implement, manage, and troubleshoot an organization's strategy over the long haul.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new and immensely practical workbook helps organizations work through the typical challenges of leading implementation for sustained change. It spotlights the importance of effective leadership for long-term successful strategic plan implementation. The authors include a wealth of tools designed to help with goal and objective setting, budgeting, stakeholder analysis, prior- ity reconciliation, strategies in practice, special leadership roles, cultural changes, and more.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe workbook's conceptual framework, step-by-step process, and worksheets can be applied in a variety of ways. It can be used as a whole, or selected parts can be used by board members, boards of directors, senior management teams, implementation teams, and task forces on a regular basis throughout the process of sustained implementation. The workbook's individual worksheets, or combinations of worksheets, can be used as needed to address a variety of implementation-related tasks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 1 UNDERSTANDING IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSING READINESS 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 1 Understanding Implementation and Assessing Readiness 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Interviewing People About the Upcoming Implementation Process 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Implementation Readiness Assessment Questionnaire 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Key Implementation Design Choices 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 2 GETTING ORGANIZED 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 2 Leading Implementation 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Implementation Process Sponsors 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Implementation Process Champions 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Identifying Possible Members of the Implementation Coordinating Committee 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Developing a Charge for the Implementation Coordinating Committee and Related Subgroups 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Understanding and Linking Forums, Arenas, and Courts 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Values to Sustain Innovation and Change 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 3 Understanding How and Why the Strategic Plan Came to Be 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Agenda for Follow-Up Meeting to Assess Results of Interviews of Strategic Plan Preparers and Adopters 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 4 Clarifying Who the Implementation Stakeholders Are 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Implementation Stakeholder Identifi cation 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 External Implementation Stakeholder Analysis 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Internal Implementation Stakeholder Analysis 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Power Versus Interest Grid 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Implementation Support Versus Opposition 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Creating the Supportive Coalition 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Engaging External Implementation Stakeholders 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Engaging Internal Implementation Stakeholders 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 3 CLARIFYING STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL DIRECTIONS 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 5 Articulating What the Organization’s Mandates, Mission, Vision, and Values Mean for Implementation and Alignment 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Gaining Clarity About the Implications of the Organization’s Mandates for Implementation 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Understanding What the Organization’s Mission Means for Implementation 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Understanding What the Organization’s Values Mean for Implementation 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Understanding What the Organization’s Vision of Success Means for Implementation 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 How and Why the Organization Creates Public Value 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 6 Getting Clear About Strategies That Will Continue, Will Be Started, or Will Be Phased Out 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Evaluating Priorities for Existing Strategies, Programs, Products, Services, and Projects 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Evaluating Priorities for Proposed New Strategies, Programs, Products, Services, and Projects 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Reconciling Priorities Among Existing and Proposed Strategies, Programs, Products, Services, and Projects 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Strategy, Program, Product, Service, or Project Statement and Component Elements 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 4 RESOURCING AND STRUCTURING IMPLEMENTATION, ALIGNMENT, AND ONGOING LEARNING 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 7 Budgeting the Work 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Developing a Budget for Strategic Plan Implementation 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Developing a Summary Budget for Implementation 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Developing a Strategic Annual Budget for Large, Complex Organizations 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 8 Creating an Implementation Management Structure 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Project Assignment 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Assignment of Work to Project, Program, and Portfolio Categories 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Assignment of Projects, Programs, Portfolios, and Other Work 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 9 Developing Effective Implementation Teams 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Creating Implementation Recommendation and Action Teams (I-Teams) 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 ICC and I-Team Tasks, Membership, Competencies, Roles, and Responsibilities 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Team Leader Self-Assessment 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Meeting Agenda 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Meeting Summary 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Meeting Evaluation 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Team Self-Assessment 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 10 Organizing Alignment and Learning Processes 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Alignment Checkup 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Designing Learning Forums 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Facilitating Dialogue Guidelines 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Identifying Needed Formative Evaluations 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Employee Performance Self-Review 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Performance Review and Development Plan Process 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Coaching for Successful Implementation 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Professional Development Request Form 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 11 Putting It All Together in Strategy Maps and Action Plans 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Board Action Plan 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Action Planning 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Action Planning for the Stop Agenda 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Microsoft Project Schedule Template 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Summary of Actions and Responsibilities 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Strategy\/Action Status Report Form 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Implementation Communications Plan 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Creating an Elevator Speech 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 5 MAINTAINING, READJUSTING, OR TERMINATING STRATEGIES 265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 12 Staying the Course—Or Changing It 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorksheets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 Improving Existing Strategies 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Identifying Needed Summative Evaluations 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59 Improving the Implementation Process 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Improving the Strategic Planning Process 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRESOURCES 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Brainstorming Guidelines 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB Snow Card Guidelines 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... offers a wealth of information and tips on how to cope with cultural changes, budgeting, strategic planning and more.\" (\u003ci\u003eCharity Insight,\u003c\/i\u003e June 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn M. Bryson\u003c\/b\u003e is the McKnight Presidential Professor of Planning and Public Affairs in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and in 2011 received the Dwight Waldo Award from the American Society for Public Administration for \"outstanding contributions to the professional lit- erature of public administration over an extended scholarly career.\" He consults widely on strategic management with public, nonprofit, and business organizations in the United States and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharon Roe Anderson,\u003c\/b\u003e cofounder of Aurora Consulting, is an experienced facilitator and consultant around issues related to strategic planning, team building, facilitation, nonprofit board governance, and implementation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFarnum K. Alston\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder of The Crescent Company and has worked on hundreds of strategic planning projects for public, business, and nonprofit organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eBased on John Bryson's acclaimed comprehensive approach to strategic planning, the Implementing and Sustaining Your Strategic Plan workbook provides a step-by-step process, tools, techniques, and worksheets to help successfully implement, manage, and troubleshoot an organization's strategy over the long haul.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new and immensely practical workbook helps organizations work through the typical challenges of leading implementation for sustained change. It spotlights the importance of effective leadership for long-term successful strategic plan implementation. 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