Judith Lindenau offers professional strategic planning consulting services. This service is available to all real estate agents, brokers and firms. Judith has been a consultant to the real estate industry for many years. Judith focuses her strategic planning on the entire organization.
The approach Judith uses in conducting a strategic planning session is a goals-based one. Goals-based planning begins with focusing on the organization's mission (and vision and/or values), then moves to which goals work toward the mission. Then she targets strategies to achieve the goals, and action planning (who will do what, and when, and what resources will be needed).
The benefits of an organizational strategic plan are:
1. The plan clearly defines the purpose of the organization and establishes realistic goals and objectives consistent with that mission in a defined time frame and within organizational capacity.
2. The plan communicates those goals and objectives to the organization’s constituents.
3. The plan helps the organization efficiently utilize its resources.
4. The plan provides accountability and measurement of successes.
5. The process of planning encourages group consensus.
6. The plan builds a bridge between staff and leadership.
7. The plan provides the glue that keeps the board together, encourages teamwork, and overrides personal agendas.
Most of Judith’s work is done prior to her visit with the planners. An environmental scan and SWOT analysis can be conducted online and through telephone calls, and the results of the plan will be presented within two weeks of her visit for review and approval of the planners. Judith will also make follow up support calls to association staff regarding implementation of the plan.