Planning to Plan...

If you are new to strategic planning, there are many questions worth exploring in advance of planning. Among them are..

• WHY ARE WE PLANNING? WHAT DO WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH? HOW ELSE MIGHT WE ACCOMPLISH THE SAME OBJECTIVES?
  

• HOW WILL WE GO ABOUT PLANNING? WHAT APPROACH WILL WE USE? WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? WHAT OPTION IS BEST FOR US?
  

• WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN OUR PLANNING? WHY?
  

• WHEN SHOULD WE PLAN? DO WE DO IT ALL IN ONE SESSION? OR DO WE HAVE MULTIPLE SESSIONS WITH ACTIVITIES IN BETWEEN?
  

• WHERE SHOULD WE PLAN? DO WE GO AWAY SOMEWHERE? OR DO WE DO IT IN OUR OFFICES? DO WE HAVE TO DO IT FACE-TO-FACE? CAN WE DO IT ON THE NET?
  

• DO WE NEED ANY HELP? IF SO, FOR WHAT? WHY? WHO? WHEN?
  

and you can probably think of many others.