CLARIFY MANDATES

We help organizations identify what bylaws and stakeholders require them to do.

SET PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

We help define measurable criteria to evaluate performance and set priorities.

DESIGN MEASURABLE PLANS

We help organizations create concrete implementation plans with specific steps.

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Let’s Work Together

Our intentional strategic planning processes guide clients to effective solutions.

Strategy By Design helps each client organization create a future that matches its goals, mandates, and mission. Beyond day-to-day demands, we see potential.

For a no-cost, no-obligation initial consultation, contact us to explore your organization’s unrealized potential.

Strategy By Design

ABOUT US

Strategy By Design uses intentional strategic planning to assist each client organization to create a future that matches its goals, mandates, and mission. Our thoughtful, client centered process engages stakeholders to capitalize on assets. It reveals new growth potential. It creates momentum for future success. It helps achieve goals. LEARN MORE ►

Our Approach

Starting with a free initial consultation, Strategy By Design analyzes your organization’s needs. We prepare a proposal to fit your outcomes and time frame. Our interactive processes then guide you to your desired results.

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Client Experience

Custom workshops: Understanding the human interactions of organizations related to social and cultural dynamics for a Kirkwood Community College department staff.

Plans that work: The strategic plan for Story City Historical Society professionalizes the organization and meets the mandates of the membership.

Plans that work: A triage-type strategic plan helped an Iowa community school district establish the most critical steps to respond to a failure to meet state standards.

Effective training: Trained systems design staff for an Iowa media company to apply interactive system design to a new department.

"Our board members and stakeholders felt comfortable expressing their thoughts and ideas throughout our meetings, and Fred was good at keeping these planning meetings on point."

FEATURED ARTICLES

Strategic planning doesn’t have to be complex and difficult. Learn more about how the process works, benefits for organizations, questions to consider, goal setting, and other strategic planning insights. Our experienced facilitator regularly shares new research, process innovations, planning ideas, and other developments that help you position your organization for ongoing success.

Strategic Planning
Jan 3, 2019

Whole System Strategic Planning

Dec 20, 2018

Nonprofits and Their Transactional Environment

Culture
Dec 1, 2018

The Fallacy of Buy-in

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