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Course 5 · Sustain & Run · Module 13

Strategy to Action: Plan, Deliver & Review

Bring every plan from the course into one operating plan you can run. Turn multi-year objectives into this year’s priorities, KPIs, deliverables and a realistic timeline; integrate budget, risks, funding, communications and partnerships; then set the review rhythm that keeps the organisation learning and improving.

Part of Course 5 · Sustain & Run · US$29, or all five courses for US$109.

You create: Organisation Operating Plan

10 lessons and reviews · about 3.3 hours including exercises.

Every lesson has a short video, the written explanation with examples, a guided exercise that saves into your organisation pack, and a sheet in the Strategy to Action workbook.

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Module introduction

Your lesson sequence

  1. 13.1From strategy to annual planDesign · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Objectives, Annual plan · Tool: Strategy, KPIs & Annual Planning
  2. 13.2Organisational KPIs and targetsDesign · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: KPIs, Results · Tool: Strategy, KPIs & Annual Planning
  3. 13.3Deliverables and acceptanceImplement · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Annual plan · Tool: Strategy, KPIs & Annual Planning
  4. 13.4Ownership and capacityImplement · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Capacity · Tool: Strategy, KPIs & Annual Planning
  5. 13.5Milestones and dependenciesImplement · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Tasks · Tool: Gantt & Project Planner
  6. 13.6Build your work plan and GanttImplement · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Tasks · Tool: Gantt & Project Planner
  7. 13.7One plan: budget, risks, funding, communications and partnershipsManage · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Integration check · Tool: Strategy, KPIs & Annual Planning
  8. 13.8The performance review rhythmManage · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Review rhythm · Tool: Meetings, Actions & Decisions, Strategy, KPIs & Annual Planning
  9. 13.9Annual review, strategy refresh and health checkReview · Video · Reading · Exercise · Excel: Health check, Reviews · Tool: Strategic Objectives
  10. 13.10Your Organisation Operating PlanModule review and output
Excel

Strategy to Action workbook

Module-13-Strategy-to-Action.xlsx · included with the course. Sheets: Objectives, Annual plan, KPIs, Results, Capacity, Tasks, Integration check, Review rhythm, Health check, Reviews.

Sheets named after a tool use that tool’s columns, so the workbook can be imported into the Impact Tools without retyping. The file is being prepared and will be available to course purchasers.

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Tools for this module

Each tool is the live version of work you draft in this module. They are optional; the course and its Excel workbook are complete on their own.

  • Strategy, KPIs & Annual Planning — Turn objectives into KPIs with targets and dated results, an annual plan with owners, dates and budget, and quarterly reviews that record decisions. Excel round-trip with the Module 13 workbook (Objectives, KPIs, Annual plan and Results sheets). Lessons 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.7, 13.8
  • Gantt & Project Planner — Plan objectives, activities, tasks and milestones on one timeline with owners, dependencies, progress and budget. Excel round-trip with the Module 13 workbook (Tasks sheet), and imports your annual plan. Lessons 13.5, 13.6
  • Meetings, Actions & Decisions — Prepare agendas, record minutes and decisions, assign actions, and export a clear record of what was agreed. Lessons 13.8
  • Strategic Objectives — Build separate external and internal strategic objectives, with actions, owners, progress and review decisions. Lessons 13.9