Prouty Project’s Strategic Planning
*Article also appears in The Prouty Pulse. On January 5th, the Twin Cities were walloped by 12.4 inches of snow. While this wasn’t a record-breaking snowstorm to celebrate, the Prouty team gathered inside the warm Four Seasons Minneapolis to celebrate our own record-breaking year and look to the future sunny skies of the organization. […]
Speak Colorfully
To Convey the Plan, Speak Colorfully Once upon a time, a senior leadership team went on a retreat to create their organization’s strategic plan. As the dust settled, and their compelling one-page plan stood proudly on a flipchart, the smile of exhausted contentment on the faces of the leadership team slowly faded. Now came […]
The Glue in Merging Cultures
Did you know that multiple thin strips of wood glued together are stronger and more stable than a single wood panel of the same width? For instance, gluing six 3-foot lengths of 1 x 3 lumber creates a final product less prone to cupping, twisting, and bowing than a single 18-inch wide panel of the […]
To Convey the Plan, Speak Colorfully
Once upon a time, a senior leadership team went on a retreat to create their organization’s strategic plan. As the dust settled, and their compelling one-page plan stood proudly on a flipchart, the smile of exhausted contentment on the faces of the leadership team slowly faded. Now came the really hard part: figuring out how […]