The nonprofit strategy revolution : Real-time strategic planning in a rapid-response world / David La Piana. [print]

PennsylvaniaRT ONE. THE STRATEGY REVOLUTION -- Why a strategy revolution? -- What is strategy and why do nonprofits need it? -- The disconnect between strategy and strategic planning -- Conclusion: hence the revolution -- The strategic pyramid -- Aligning organizational, programmatic, and operational decisions -- Successful strategies embody implementation -- Conclusion: a framework to fuel change -- Understanding organizational strategy -- Mission, competitive advantage, and strategy -- What is organizational strategy -- What does organizational strategy look like? -- Conclusion: organizational strategy comes first -- Organizational identity and strategy formation -- Understanding organizational identity -- Three essential ingredients of organizational identity -- What organizational identity looks like -- Conclusion: organization, know thyself -- Developing a strategy screen -- Crafting a strategy screen -- A variation-the opportunity matrix -- Conclusion: habits of mind -- Big questions, strategy formation, and implementation -- Understanding and facing big questions -- Crafting a big question -- Developing a strategy that fits the screen -- Implementing the strategy -- Conclusion: real-time strategy -- Forming programmatic strategies -- Forming programmatic strategies -- Constructing a program logic model -- Programmatic strategy in action -- Programmatic strategy essentials -- When to form new programmatic strategies -- Conclusion: programs as strategic choices -- Forming operational strategies -- Real life operational strategy -- Operational strategy essentials -- When to form new operational strategies -- Conclusion: operations are the broad shoulders of strategy -- Putting it all together -- Using real-time strategic planning to advance your mission and vision -- Strategy formation as a continuous cycle -- Crafting a "traditional" strategic plan -- Conclusion: real-time strategy in a rapid-response world.

PennsylvaniaRT TWO. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR FORMING STRATEGY -- Tool 1: Current business model -- Tool 2: Financial analysis -- Tool 3: Competitor analysis -- Tool 4: Trend analysis -- Tool 5: Future business model -- Tool 6: Identity statement -- Tool 7: Strategy screen -- Tool 8: Big question -- Tool 9: Next steps work plan -- Tool 10: Strategy road map.

The world changes continuously and rapidly. It's foolhardy to believe that strategies should not do so as well. Nonprofit leaders already know this, but traditional strategic planning has locked them into a process that's divorced from today's reality. That's why plans sit on the shelf and why smart executives are always seeking workarounds in between planning periods. The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution offers a nimble and powerful alternative. In this book, strategy expert David La Piana introduces "Real-Time Strategic Planning," a fluid, organic process that engages staff and board in a program of systematic readiness and continuous responsiveness. With it, your nonprofit will be able to identify, understand, and act on challenges and opportunities as they arise. At the heart of this book is the Real-Time Strategic Planning Cycle. Based on four years of research and testing with a variety of nonprofits, this proven process guides you through the steps to sound strategy. You'll find tools for clarifying your competitive advantage; generating a strategy screen

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