Strategic Alignment
Monthly, quarterly and yearly checkups are a key way you can evaluate your ministry action plans. Take time to review your plan on a regular basis to make sure your objectives, goals, strategies, action plans and measures are strategically aligned. Use the four S’s to check your work:
Synchronization
Review your objectives and goals to see if they harmonize with your strategies and measures. If they don’t, then you don’t have strategic alignment.
Carefully assess whether the strategies and measures outlined in your plan are sufficient to achieve your objectives.
Review the strategy to see if it clearly lays out what you are NOT going to do. For example, I will not do ministry A because it is not aligned with ministry vision and strategy.
Ensure that future resources align with anticipated ministry needs. For example, make certain that personnel, facility and ministry needs can be maintained in the long term. Consider ministry growth and expansion in your long range ministry plans.
Resources
“Ask the Right Questions” on Big Ideas Blog
“4 Q&A Evaluation Strategies” on Big Ideas Blog
“Stop, Start, Continue?” on Big Ideas Blog
“Create a Culture of Accountability” on Big Ideas Blog
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