At a recent keynote presentation, an attendee asked me who should facilitate strategic planning for your company - someone outside or inside the company?
As I told the audience, a big part of what we do is offer strategic planning facilitation and development for clients. Yet the Brainzooming methodology started when I was facilitating strategic planning INSIDE our corporation.
Since we've had success in facilitating strategic planning from both insider and outsider roles, my answer was, "It depends upon the person and the situation."
Relative to the personal side of strategic planning facilitation, here are ten characteristics to look for in the person facilitating group collaboration-oriented strategic planning for your organization:
As you can see, these personal characteristics for strong strategic planning facilitators work irrespective of whether someone is inside or outside the organization.
It is definitely viable that a facilitator from inside the company can lead strategic planning.
Want to have someone outside your company make your strategic planning work for you in a creative, mentally stimulating and result-oriented way? Then contact us at The Brainzooming Group and let’s get started working together! – Mike Brown
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