Roadblocks to Strategy Implementation

Below is the outline of materials presented by Susan Beaumont, a consultant with the Alban Institute. She is very effective and what she has to say (and how she says it) is excellent. Think about each of these 10 items - flesh them out in your own mind and reflect on which one(s) are the roadblocks to the success of your vision and your church.


Top 10 List of What Gets in the Way of Executing Strategy

1. Too many strategic priorities (should be no more than 2-3 priorities)
2. Senior clergy losing strategic focus
3. Board fails to provide oversight
4. Rogue committees that over-function
5. Board micromanages the staff team
6. Staffing structures that don’t support the strategy
7. No performance management system
8. Absence of program evaluation
9. Lack of meaningful measures of success
10. Operating budget not aligned with strategies

Lead On!
Steve