STRATEGIC PLANNING – OPTIMISING THE PLANNING PROCESS
Join Charlene Harvey as she explores how to design a robust planning process that will support your strategic planning. We know the pace of change, growing stakeholder expectations and limited budgets, make strategic planning more difficult than ever. This is why a planning process that adds value to your organisation’s forecasting, strategic goals, and resourcing is essential.
Join the discussion
Charlene will discuss some of the key elements to consider when designing or involved in planning processes. She will cover topics such as:
- Common pitfalls
- Options for optimising the planning process
- The outcomes of a robust planning process.
Together we can share ideas and experiences that will help us all improve our planning for the year ahead.
What others have said
“Easy to follow with a clear process outlined. Was good to hear how you create a strategy based on reducing rather than just growth.” – Gabriela, Principal Strategy Planner
About the Experts
Charlene Harvey is an innovative strategic thinker who is driven to make a difference. She brings 20 years of experience in the public sector, most recently as part of Inland Revenue’s Business Transformation Programme. She brings her experience in strategic planning, business model design and implementation, change management, and bringing customer centricity into a regulatory environment. Charlene enjoys building productive, trusted relationships to optimise and evolve how organisations operate.
Downloadable Resource
Allen + Clarke Guide to Strategic Planning
Get our expert tips to optimise your planning process, ensuring you deliver a great strategic plan.Coming up
Restream + Live Q&A | Credible Evaluations: Balancing Resourcing and Accurate Insights
Date: Thursday 11 September 2025 | 12:10-12:55 p.m. NZST | 10:10-10:55 a.m. AEST
In an era where the competing priorities of understanding what drives policy, program, and service success—or lack thereof—and reduced evaluation resources prevail, how can you maintain the integrity and impact of your evaluations?
In this webinar, our evaluation veterans will discuss how to deliver 'the Toyota' of evaluations, as opposed to 'the Ferrari', by focusing on the fundamentals of credible evaluation within your context. They'll explore the delicate balance of making necessary compromises while avoiding detrimental ones, including strategies for scenarios where there simply isn’t enough capacity to deliver your evaluation work program.
