Integrating Strategic, Financial, and Master Planning : Integrating Strategic, Financial, and Master Planning San Antonio Botanical Garden Case study
Our Story : Our Story Moving from public management to private 5 – 8 years
For 30 years, never had a cohesive Master Plan, Financial Plan
32 year old facility - time to get our house in order
Hire the right people to help you do the right job
Lessons : Lessons Do your homework first
Realize your history is a valuable tool for planning
Identify “sacred” strengths and areas worth saving
Identify key characteristics which makes your Garden distinctive and use them as foundation for planning
What is your mission / vision?
Lessons : Lessons Establish timetable
Stay on schedule
Keep focused on goal
Be focused on end objective – don’t get sidetracked by personal agendas
Have a coordinated path to success
Logical steps in some sequential order
Lessons : Lessons Managing Fear of Change
Be willing to adapt
Compromise isn’t a bad word
Keep checking progress against objective
And Finally… : And Finally… Know that you will need to do it all over again….only so much shelf life
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