Strategic Planning - Dering Consulting Group

Can you describe your organization’s strategy in just a few sentences? If you cannot, you are not alone. According to research from Bridges Business Consultancy, 48% of leaders spend less than one day per month discussing strategy. Let us faciltate your next strategic planning event.

Strategic Planning That Drives Results

We believe strategic plans should do more than sit on a shelf—they should guide action and deliver measurable results. Our process is designed to:

Build buy-in among team members

Align your organization around top priorities

Develop action plans with metrics, leads, timing, and resources

The result? More engaged and aligned teams, a shared sense of direction, and greater impact by your organization. Whether you are the president of a small business, a leader in a mid-sized organization, or part of the C-suite in a large organization, we can help you chart a clear path forward—and follow through.

A Collaborative Process that Fosters Buy-In

We partner with you to assess your current strategy, gather input from stakeholders through a survey, facilitate a series of collaborative workshops, and develop action plans that your team can rally behind. Our strategic planning process provides direction, purpose, and momentum over 6—8 months.

We embed change management best practices throughout the strategic planning process to foster buy-in and engagement at every stage. We also offer additional change management and implementation services beyond the planning work to help turn strategy into sustained transformation.

Deliverables Tailored to Your Organization’s Needs

Within our strategic planning process, deliverables may include:

Survey of staff, customers, clients, members, partners, and/or other stakeholders
Interactive Microsoft Power BI dashboard with filters to view survey results
New or updated mission, vision, and values
Focus areas or pillars
Action plans with goals, metrics, actions, leads, estimated timing, and resources for each pillar
Overall project plan
Strategic horizons with key milestones

Change Management & Implementation Support

We don’t just help you design a plan—we can help you make it real. Change management best practices are embedded throughout our strategic planning process to build momentum.

We also offer more in-depth change management services, including stakeholder assessments, impact analysis, training, coaching, focus groups, and more.

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