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Strategic Planning Discovery

Hard truths contain energy

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Strategic Planning Kickoff

How to set up your strategic planning process so that it is ready to blast off towards the stars…

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How long does it take to create a strategic plan?

A good strategic plan needs time to ripen.

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The first step to creating an impactful, effective strategic plan

Get the right people at the table - or in the circle.

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The Honest Advice about Change I Wish I Didn’t Have to Give Last Week

People have to want change in order to move towards it.

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Four Steps to Find a Sustainable Financial Path

How to go forward when needs outpace funding

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A key first step for strategic planning

Notice and acknowledge the best work you are already doing and figure out how to do more of that.

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Nonprofit Strategic Plans - Five Examples

What does a strategic plan include? The Ross Collective led strategic plans for the organizations below; click on each link to see the strategic plan.

This post shares the vision, mission, strategies and goals for nonprofit strategic planning clients.

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5 Steps to Planning for 2023

Planning helps us think about where we want to go…and the steps to get there.

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11 Reasons Why You Need an Effective Retreat Facilitator

When people ask me the value of hiring a retreat facilitator, I think back to Mark…

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The surprising — and emotional — process of getting to the why of strategic planning

So much of the work of The Ross Collective is supporting organizations to find a path forward.

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Three tips for doing hard things – even when we feel like giving up

The Ross Collective creates spaces that support leaders to do things that go beyond their comfort zone.

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How organizational values can intensify and improve fundraising and strategy

Conversations about organizational values matter because they give staff and board members the opportunity to talk about some of the questions that are most critical to the organization’s work.