Because healthcare organizations are subject to a constantly changing environment, they must be agile in developing strategies and tactics to address needed change. Yet even the best strategic plans too often lay idle. How can organizations move those plans into action? Professional facilitation for planning retreats, tactical workshops and team building sessions can be the perfect antidote.
A different approach to meeting facilitation
Time is a precious commodity, and planning retreats are a costly use of time. We provide the know-how to organize retreats to achieve results that produce real change. Our approach assures participants that the sessions will make good use of their time, address the necessary hard questions, and result in an actionable plan with accountability commitments.
Experience that matters
Donna O’Brien, President of Strategic Visions, has facilitated over a hundred retreats for healthcare organizations, medical schools, physician organizations, research institutes, clinical departments, networks and consortiums, and foundations. Donna is considered a leadership and accountability partner who is effective in moving change and innovation forward. Topics she has addressed include strategy, operations, clinical program strengthening, and new initiative planning. Participants were groups as large as 100 and as small as 15 to 20.
Our process
Building on our deep knowledge of healthcare organizations and operations, we work with organizations to coalesce around necessary solutions to achieve the desired outcome. Our process includes:
- Advance planning
We work with the Project sponsor to zero in on the challenges to be addressed, crystallize the desired outcomes, and identify barriers to participant engagement. - Session facilitation to optimize engagement and outcomes
Our approach is always customized based on the needs. We design sessions to optimize the use of participants’ time and drive toward actionable recommendations. - Planning for accountability
We support the development of crystal clear recommended actions and an implementation process. We also offer to serve as an accountability partner.
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“Donna O’Brien’s carefully structured approach to planning and facilitating the retreat was very effective in engaging our physicians and coming up with specific actions.”
~ Clinical Department Division Director, Academic Medical Center