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Sample Strategic Planning Policy

Board Policies
See attached sample strategic planning policy.

Strategic Planning Committee Sample Charter

Board and Committee Charters
An increasing number of boards are moving away from having a standing committee on strategic planning. They reason that the entire board should understand and have a role in major decisions about the organization’s strategic direction, programs and services.

Successful Strategic Planning: The Board Role

Trustee Articles
This monograph covers the basics of strategic planning, including definitions of common terms, a description of the planning process and the characteristics of successful plans. It describes the board’s role in planning, including why plans fail, common weaknesses and how boards can support successful plan implementation.

Board's Role in the Strategic Planning Process

Checklists
This checklist poses questions about whether your board is following recommended practices for strategic planning.

Board and Management Roles in Strategic Planning

Trustee Articles
Most boards and governance experts say boards should be meaningfully involved in shaping and ultimately approving the strategic plan and major decisions—but if they try to develop plans, they’re bordering on management. The tricky part is distinguishing meaningful involvement from development.

The Foundation Board's Role in Strategic Planning

Trustee Articles
Setting strategic direction is a basic governance role of the foundation board. The board is responsible for determining the mission, vision and values that are the bedrock of the organization’s strategic framework. The board represents stakeholder interests, so it serves a valuable role in sharing community perspectives and expectations to guide planning. The board must ensure the organization’s goals position it to fulfill the organizational mission and to advance its vision.

How to Put Your Strategic Plan to Work

The board’s foremost responsibility is to own the organization’s mission and vision and ensure a consistent focus on the strategic path to achieve them.

Is Strategic Planning Getting Adequate Attention in Hospital Boards?

Trustee Articles
As strategic planning becomes a more intense focus for hospital boards, lessons from publicly traded companies may be instructive.

The Ever-important Role of Hospital Community Boards

Community governance is more critical today than ever before considering recent, often fast-moving trends and changes in the U.S. health care market. Nonprofit hospitals and health systems that double down on strong community governance not only have increased likelihood of staying true to their mission, but also have distinct strategic advantages over those that do not.