OUR SERVICES:

STRATEGY

Strategic planning is a disciplined effort to reach explicit, fundamental decisions that guide what an organization does and why it does it.  Strategy encompasses values and philosophy, programs and policies, resource commitments, and competitive position.

An effective strategy enables academic institutions to shape their future –– to anticipate change, to identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities (and threats), and to position themselves for the competitive and financial challenges that lie ahead.
 

Too often, strategic planning in academic institutions is a contentious, frustrating, tedious process.  Precious staff and faculty time is consumed in seemingly endless meetings that accomplish little in the way of tangible results.
 

Stillwater designs structured, data-driven strategic planning processes that work. We also provide analytic and logistical support, and facilitate the strategic-planning process from beginning to end –– usually in three months or less. As skilled, experienced facilitators, our consultants can forge a sense of shared purpose and vision among the various constituencies represented in the process, and help them make the difficult choices that strategic planning entails.