Organisational Sustainability - Vision

For an organization to be sustainable, it needs to have vision. It is not enough to know what it is doing now; it needs to have ideals that guide it forward, a capacity to move and change as circumstances alter and the ability to evolve to take up new opportunities. This means a capacity to think and act strategically and not drown in the day-to-day operations.

This can be hard for a small organization – but there are ways of ensuring this is achieved. The way in which a Board agenda is prepared can help to structure discussion towards strategic considerations and in developing a strategic way of thinking, the leadership of the organization can develop the strategic implications from the mundane email and information that bombards their inbox. Even in a small organization, the senior management needs to give time to looking ahead. In an organization when there is a single co-ordinator, this may mean working with other like-minded organizations in developing the vision.

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