Strategic Planning for Local Government

Connect Mission, Priorities, Resources and Measurable Results

Strategic planning helps an organization make deliberate choices about where it is going, what it will prioritize and how progress will be measured. A useful plan must connect community and stakeholder needs to realistic goals, resources, ownership and implementation.

This course introduces a practical planning process suited to local government, public works, utilities and infrastructure organizations.

Four-hour version: $125 per participant
Eight-hour version: $200 per participant
Delivery: Onsite or live online
Private-class minimum: Seven-participant billing minimum
Maximum class size: 20 participants
Knowledge check: 20–25 multiple-choice questions; 70% required
Completion document: Tampa Bay Training certificate with no expiration
Optional handbook: $10

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Who Should Attend?

• Department directors and division managers
• Public works and utility leaders
• Managers and supervisors involved in planning
• Project and program managers
• Emerging leaders
• Staff supporting performance measurement or implementation

Learning Objectives

Participants will be prepared to:

• Explain the purpose and limits of strategic planning
• Connect mission, vision, values and operating responsibilities
• Identify stakeholders and relevant evidence
• Assess internal strengths and limitations
• Examine external opportunities, threats and trends
• Establish defensible strategic priorities
• Write clearer goals, objectives and measures
• Assign ownership and identify resource dependencies
• Connect strategy to budgets, projects and work plans
• Monitor implementation and revise when conditions change

Four-Hour and Eight-Hour Formats

The four-hour version introduces the planning process and includes a stakeholder, priority or goal-setting exercise.

The eight-hour version adds expanded environmental analysis, facilitated prioritization, measure development and a draft implementation or action-planning exercise.

Training Versus Facilitated Planning

The course teaches participants how strategic planning works. It does not include development of the client's final strategic plan.

Separately scoped services may include:

• Planning-process design
• Interviews or stakeholder engagement
• Retreat facilitation
• Environmental scanning
• Priority and goal development
• Performance-measure development
• Drafting and revision support
• Implementation monitoring

Coaching & Consulting Page Coming Soon

Assessment and Certificate

Successful completion requires attendance, participation, completion of the planning activity and at least 70% on the knowledge check.

Participants receive a Tampa Bay Training certificate showing four or eight instructional hours.

Live Online Participation

Live online participants must use a desktop or laptop computer with a stable internet connection and working camera, microphone and speakers. Mobile phones are not accepted as the primary device. Each participant must remain visible and engaged and complete their own activities and knowledge check.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will we leave with a completed strategic plan?

No. This is a training course. Development of an organizational plan requires a separately defined scope, stakeholders, process, schedule and deliverables.

Can the course use our current plan?

Yes. Provide the plan in advance so the instructor can select appropriate examples and activities.

Is the course useful for a single department?

Yes. The process can be applied at organizational, department, division, program or team level.

Registration and Private Scheduling

Selected public classes may be advertised through Eventbrite. Private onsite and live online training are available.

Phone: 813-360-1526
Email: service@tampabaytraining.com

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