How to involve employees in strategic planning

If you subscribe to the notion that leaders do the strategic planning and staff execute it, then getting a buy-in from the people who will make the plan come to life is critical.

There are a few ways for leaders to engage staff so they feel included in the process without letting the strategy development execution process get out of hand. With this surefire two-step approach, you'll be on the right track.

The 2 Steps To Strategic Planning & Staff Engagement

Step 1:

First, run some "brown paper" sessions with staff where you blow up the strategy map, post it on a conference room wall, and ask a group of about 20 staff to place sticky notes on the themes or objectives where they see their daily work fitting into the strategy.

If employees have a hard time finding where they fit in, it can spark a useful, more in-depth conversation about the strategy map and objectives. Additionally, it may help reveal some areas where staff may be spending time on a project that is not important to the long-term st

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