Jason Gornto, Ph.D. Strategy • Alignment • Execution

Strategic Plan + Activation

Don't create a strategic plan that sits on a shelf.

A strong strategic-planning process does more than produce a document. It creates clarity around what matters, alignment around where the organization is going, and a framework leaders can use to make decisions long after the planning sessions end.

Typical Investment: $50,000
Discuss Your Strategic Plan

Travel expenses billed separately.

When it helps

Strategic planning is especially valuable when…

  • Your current plan is expiring or no longer useful.
  • Leadership has too many competing priorities.
  • The organization has changed significantly.
  • Growth has outpaced existing structures.
  • A leadership transition has created a natural decision point.
  • Financial circumstances require sharper priorities.
  • Stakeholders aren't aligned around the organization's future.
  • Everyone knows change is needed, but there isn't agreement about what that change should be.

The Process

From listening to execution.

01

Listen

Stakeholder interviews, surveys, existing-plan review, organizational information, and other relevant discovery.

02

Understand

Identify recurring themes, competing perspectives, organizational realities, opportunities, and unresolved questions.

03

Decide

Facilitate leadership conversations around mission, vision, purpose, strategic priorities, and difficult choices.

04

Build

Translate decisions into objectives, measures, timelines, ownership, and a practical implementation framework.

05

Activate

Help leadership introduce the strategy, establish accountability, and make the plan part of organizational decision-making.

Typical Deliverables

Designed around the decisions your organization needs to make.

Exact scope is established before the engagement.

  • Discovery and organizational review
  • Stakeholder interviews
  • Stakeholder survey/input process
  • Leadership and/or board sessions
  • Mission, vision, and purpose refinement
  • Strategic priorities
  • Measurable objectives and success indicators
  • Ownership and accountability
  • Implementation timeline
  • Final strategic framework
  • Leadership rollout guidance
  • Implementation follow-up
“One of Dr. Gornto's greatest strengths is his ability to move organizations beyond broad aspirations and toward practical implementation.”

Trent McCormick
Superintendent, Peru Community Schools

Selected Results

Planning that led to action.

Healthcare Foundation of Miami County

Repositioning, mission/vision/purpose development, and a major community-impact grant initiative.

11completed splash-grant applications
1project funded

Manchester Symphony Orchestra

Mission and strategy work focused on partnerships, fundraising, patron engagement, programming, and resilience.

↑increased attendance
2new partner venues
See More Results →

Your organization doesn't need a prettier plan.

It needs a strategy people understand, believe in, and can execute.

Discuss Your Initiative