STRATEGIC PLANNING

MRSB’s proven strategic planning process is designed to meet the diverse and evolving needs of our clients. We customize the approach to ensure the right key stakeholders are consulted and engaged in the planning process and that the final strategic plan contains clearly defined priorities that reflect your organization’s goals and objectives. Our strategic planning expertise, our proven project management abilities, and our commitment to providing superior service will help your team achieve the desired results.

IMPLEMENTATION

MRSB assists clients with the preparation of actionable implementation plans that are the ‘living’ documents to support strategic objectives and the implementation of priorities. We work in collaboration with our clients to develop a preliminary Action Plan/Implementation tool that defines actions, assigns responsibility, timeframe, measures of success, and required resources for each action. MRSB also provides strategic guidance to leadership teams to support the next steps required in the implementation process.

FACILITATION

As a skilled outside facilitator, MRSB is knowledgeable of what it takes to bring your team together to work toward a common goal. MRSB’s experienced consultants plan and facilitate collaborative sessions using proven stakeholder engagement processes to maximize engagement, build consensus, and increase buy-in. We customize our services based on the number of participants and our clients’ desired objectives. MRSB’s facilitation services include stakeholder consultations, board/leadership engagement and visioning sessions, workshops, focus groups and more.

OUR THREE-STEP PROVEN PROCESS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING

We work with our clients to customize, develop and implement an integrative, efficient planning process that will help your organization achieve the desired results.

STEP 1: REFLECTION

  • Energize your team to reflect on the current environment
  • Identify significant strengths (to leverage), challenges (to minimize), and opportunities (to pursue)
  • Determine what success looks like in 3 or 5 years

STEP 2: READINESS

  • Engage your team (management team, staff, Board, key stakeholders)
  • Identify priorities for achieving success
  • Receive greater buy-in and support by the team to develop and action priorities

STEP 3: ROADMAP

  • Clarify priorities to achieve success
  • Action plan: actions, responsibility, timelines, measures of success
  • Implementation oversight process including reporting and accountability

YOUR SUCCESS IS OUR GOAL

Our customized and collaborative process will help you ACHIEVE RESULTS

Strategic planning is not an easy task, but I had a fantastic time at the full-day planning session. I loved the process! I could not have been more pleased with the Board’s contributions and Wendy’s facilitation approach. Everyone was there and fully engaged. Wendy worked with us to gather as much input as possible and allowed everyone time to contribute, so we drilled down to the core of things. Wendy asked the right probing questions so that we honed in on key details that helped bring the framework together in a cohesive way. I would recommend Wendy Drake and MRSB 7 days a week and twice on Sunday!

Sheri Sommerville
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce

I have been pleased with MRSB’s work across the board and with the work of Wendy Drake in particular. Our team at Holland College thought Wendy could do a good job facilitating the development of a new strategic plan for the Culinary Institute of Canada, as we were preparing for a $7 million restructuring of our facility. One of Wendy’s key strengths is her ability to engage people at all levels of the organization. Wendy is an extremely strong communicator and facilitator, and she knows how to gather the best possible perspectives on important challenges. Not only did Wendy engage the right people, but she also went above our expectations to paint a richer picture of the perspective we wanted her to capture. Wendy also has a strong ability to think critically and synthesize large amounts of information in a manner that is straightforward, coherent, and easy to understand. We were very happy with the outcome and we now have a strategic plan that outlines a new approach that is integrated and consistent with the restructuring of our building and our capital efforts. We couldn’t have done one without the other. I would absolutely recommend MRSB to others.

Dr. Alexander (Sandy) MacDonald
President, Holland College

Brenda is a top rate Project Manager and project lead. She can effortlessly manage negotiations and work with higher level expectations. Brenda was able to listen, summarize, and then guide the next steps in an unparalleled way. She is a gifted listener and knows how to deliver on what people need.

Melanie Bailey
PEI Immigration Partnership, Welcoming Communities Initiative

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