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Strategic planning for local governments that are ready to stop planning and start doing.
Welcome to Stratalysts! I know the feeling. The organization spends thousands of dollars and a ton of time developing a strategic plan that sounds great on paper. But somehow, after it gets adopted...nothing much seems to happen.

I'm Shannon. After over twenty years working in local government, I founded Stratalysts because I was tired of seeing organizations spend a ton of time and money develop to a strategic plan that never went anywhere. As a former Finance Director and COO/CFO, I was particularly frustrated by what felt like a waste of resources. As a part of these organizations, I felt frustrated by the disconnect between vision and reality.
After I started paying attention, I noticed the problem is seldom a bad strategic plan. More often than not, it has everything to do with being able to translate strategic planning into operational doing. Just because you have a good strategic plan does not mean the organization is in a position to execute it. What looks good on paper can quickly fall apart when confronted with day-to-day realities.
I started Stratalysts to bridge the gap between vision and operations. How do you translate broad vision and goals into actions that people can take on daily/weekly/monthly basis? What do you need to consider along the way? How do you adapt in real-time as things change? I help local governments become strategic organizations...not just strategic planners.

Ensures your team is equipped and aligned before planning even begins by evaluating organizational capacity and developing clarity and buy-in with tools like the Strategic Planning Readiness Assessment and organization-wide or role-based Orientation Sessions.

Strategic Plan Development engages the entire organization (and community) to create a plan that is visionary but based in the reality of organizational capacity, resources, and thoughtful prioritization.

Implementation Support bridges the gap between strategy and action. How does the organization actually "do the plan"? By providing customized coaching, training, and accountability mechanisms I help your team operate strategically and make the plan a part of your day-to-day.

Helps local governments strengthen the leadership, culture, team dynamics, and change capacity needed to operate strategically. These services can support plan implementation or be provided as stand-alone engagements for organizations or teams that need targeted support.

I specialize in strategic planning...so why do we keep talking about prioritization? Isn't that just part of the strategic planning process? Well, kind of. Read about why I think prioritization is a critical, and often forgotten, step to strategic planning success.
If you're ready to cut through the noice and get sustainable planning results, let's talk.

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