M3Planning

Strategically serving educational needs of tomorrow

Company: Rhodes State College

Industry: Education – Ohio

Located in west central Ohio, Rhodes State College is a public, state-assisted institution of higher learning that is chartered to provide degree granting career education programs, non-credit workforce development, and consulting for business and industry. Enrollment, currently at over 4,100 students, is expected to double over the next ten years.

Service: Strategic Planning Consultation

Situation Assessment/Need: To incorporate best practices into an existing strategic planning process to achieve targeted outcomes and advance the College mission while involving input from a cross section of stakeholders.

Deliverables:

• A more effective and implementable strategic plan.
• Engagement of the organization in the planning and implementation effort.
• Connect the Strategic Plan to the budget.
• Quantitative performance measures and benchmarks for ongoing management.
• Establishment of a strategic management process that is continuous and not periodic.

Solution/Action Plan: Rhodes State selected M3 Planning to assist the college in enhancing its current strategic plan in order to achieve its targeted outcomes and advance the College mission. A critical element of the process is stimulating meaningful input from stakeholders.

Result: The input gathered from faculty, staff, students and community formed during the intensive sessions provided the basis of the offsite planning sessions. We further facilitated each phase of the strategic planning process that built on the college’s 2006-2009 strategic plan, culminating in an implementable plan for the 2010-2012 period.