Putting Your Dreams to Work
ANC Boards, CEOs, Tribal Councils, and TAs commonly utilize independent business advisors and professionals to facilitate strategic planning sessions.
Institute faculty members are experienced strategic planning facilitators whose process includes:
- Creation of the Strategic Planning session agenda and content preparations
- Coordination of potential staff and third party presentations
- Facilitation of the session
- Preparation and presentation of a planning session summary report
Institute planning sessions and agendas are customized to fit an ANC’s or Tribe’s unique planning requirements, subject to input from the board, CEO, Council, or TA and other designated stakeholders and individuals (e.g., shareholders, legal counsel, accountants, and bankers).
Institute faculty members stress objectivity throughout the planning process and discussions. They contribute high energy and enthusiasm to keep participants focused and on task. They ask the questions that must be asked and point out deficiencies when they arise. They add the discipline and structure necessary to keep participants focused and on task during the session. This helps create a well-thought-out and workable strategic plan per the session’s discussions and expectations of the participants.
The Institute’s planning process often includes a powerful and unique business planning and performance system that links planning, strategy, accountability, results, and performance-based, strategic-plan metrics. Boards, CEOs, Councils, and TAs that utilize this planning system have reduced their annual planning cycle by 50-75%. They have also experienced significant improvement in the alignment, quality, and execution of their business plans with an accurate measure of accountability and results.