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Strategic Planning with Matson Consulting

Strategic Planning

Matson Consulting assists businesses, producer groups and associations looking to the future to determine where their organization needs to be to continue to provide quality services to its members.

Strategic planning questions often focus on three areas for our clients: the quality of current services, core competencies, and how to implement expansion plans.

As part of this process, these clients have engaged Matson Consulting to lead them through a coordinated strategic planning process. Matson Consulting formats its strategic planning events around a simple, yet trusted method, called the DECIDE model. The structure of this approach is presented below.

DECIDE

This process typically has three key steps as part of the procedure: An initial survey followed by a strategic planning workshop; and finished by presentation of the recommendations to the board or decision makers for the group.

A goal of strategic planning workshops is to offer an opportunity for general group discussion with all participants having equal opportunity to present their ideas.

Matson Consulting uses a variety of tools to get the best results for our clients from their strategic planning sessions. In addition to the DECIDE Method, another popular tool is the SWOT analysis that enables members of the group to self-evaluate how they perceive the organization. The result of the analysis should better prepare the group for the future. The structure of this approach is presented below.

Sample Planning Tool

SWOT
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
THREATS OPPORTUNITES

Matson Consulting works closely with our clients to create realistic plans from our strategic planning methods. These plans include

Our strategic planning assistance has successfully helped our clients first to determine and then to reach their goals.