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March
6, 2006
We are now two months in to our strategic planning process,
and have, very successfully, completed our first series of
planning initiatives. We have undertaken a significant stakeholder
consultation process that used interviews, surveys and focus
groups to gather feedback from over 150 patients, customers,
partners, staff and other groups. Through this process we
learned that our stakeholders are generally very supportive
of our institution and are willing to help us achieve our
vision.
The weekend of February 25th and 26th we held our first strategy
workshop with the Strategic Planning Steering Committee to
evaluate our:
- Five year performance
- Current and future environment (social, political, technological
and competitive)
- Organizational strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats
- Critical challenges for the future
The linked Strategic
Planning Update PowerPoint Presentation summarizes the
proceedings from the initial workshop, and describes what
our focus will be over the next four weeks until our next
strategy-setting workshop March 31st - April 1st. Using the
linked follow-up
survey, we would very much appreciate if you would review
the above presentation and let us know whether you agree with
our conclusions, where you disagree, and anything of major
significance that you feel we have missed. When you have completed
the survey, please email it to Erik Lockhart at the Queen’s
School of Business: elockhart@business.queensu.ca.
We also encourage you to post any suggestions or comments
on the new Strategic
Planning Feedback Forum. Your views are very important
in the ongoing development and implementation process. Please
note that we will be posting continuing updates on our strategic
planning activity and we hope you will continue to visit the
site over the next months as we finalize the strategy and
commence implementation.
Thank you again for your continued interest in our shared
future.
Sincerely,
Ron Saddington
President & CEO
January 2006
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