Strategic Planning is a management tool, period.  As with any management tool, Strategic Planning is used for one purpose only:  to help an organization do a better job.  It allows an organization and its leaders to focus their energy, to ensure that members of the organization are working toward the same goals, and to assess and adjust the organization's direction in response to a dynamic, complex environment. Management needs to be prepared to respond rapidly to the ever-changing landscape. Efficiencies, flexibility and benchmarking are part of the new set of rules.  With effective planning you can create a framework for strategic management: continually asking the question, "Are we doing the right thing?"  This entails attention to “the big picture" and the willingness to adapt to changing circumstances.  It consists of the following elements: Setting goals and developing an approach to achieving those goals Maintaining the clarity and discipline to be productive Paying attention to shifting and emerging patterns of behavior and corporate culture Making fundamental decisions and choices about what to do, why to do it, and how to do it, and then acting Shaping and guiding an organization, using resources successfully, and focusing on the future As a leader in strategic planning and organizational development, Healthy Workplaces® will partner with you to:  Complete a comprehensive assessment of your organization in order to position you appropriately for change Create a balanced scorecard for identifying critical success factors Identify action steps, outcome measures, and accountabilities to measure success Prepare your organization to implement your plan Our approach is a balance between theory and practice, offering the ability to translate gains in operations and function into sustainability, long term competitive advantage and value.  We focus on results.