Within minutes of adjourning the planning retreat, the directors scattered, returning to work after volunteering for a day or weekend to create the multi-year strategic plan.
Back at the association office, staff were playing catch-up. There was temptation to put the new document in a file with other older strategic plans, or to put the plan in a notebook to collect dust on the bookshelf.
The retreat is like planting a garden. Ideas, strategies and priorities must take root. Without nurturing or attention, the plan may die.
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