Strategic Planning in Higher Education. Is Your Plan Collecting Dust?
Successfully Implementing Your Strategic Plan
It’s an all too common story. Months–even years–of meetings and discussions lead to a thoughtful and visionary strategic plan that is distributed amid fanfare, placed ceremoniously on the top shelf, and never looked at again. Don’t let this happen on your campus.
Your strategic plan deserves to be carried out, not sit and collect dust. That is easier said than done, of course, but with the right strategies and procedural know-how, you can ensure that the important priorities and initiatives that took so long to develop become realities on your campus.
In Successfully Implementing Your Strategic Plan, consultant Kathleen Paris, PhD. outlines the results of compelling research conducted at University of Wisconsin-Madison that identifies key factors correlating with successful execution of a plan.
This 75-minute seminar covers:
- Necessary steps for successful plan implementation
- Effective strategies for following through on your vision
- The right number to include on your planning committee
- Strengths and weaknesses of ongoing planning efforts
- Approaches for aligning the plan throughout your institution
- The five key components of a solid strategic plan
- The need to assign “point people” for each priority
- Effective strategies for engaging stakeholders
- The importance of involving students
- Fund allocation
- The need for multiple versions of your plan–including a one-page summary
Who will benefit?
Strategic plan implementation involves multiple campus stakeholders, including:
- Chancellors
- Provosts
- Department chairs
- Program directors
- Deans
- All levels of college administration and management
A strategic plan is a complete waste of time unless it is implemented. Make sure your plan achieves its goals by ordering a copy of this important session right now.
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Kathleen A. Paris, PhD., is a consultant distinguished emeritus for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Quality Improvement (OQI). She has facilitated strategic planning for over 100 colleges, schools, departments, and administrative units on the Madison campus. Her clients also include Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Penn State, University of Tennessee Knoxville, and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
A recognized speaker and author both here and abroad, she has consulted internationally in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.