Looking Back
Before we started to look forward, it was important that we took a look back.
The WECHU’s first strategic plan (2012-2017) laid important ground work that helped move our organization toward one of enhanced awareness and accountability. At the onset of this process, the Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) considered the outcomes, both successes and challenges, of the previous plan as a starting point.
The expiring strategic plan highlighted five strategic priorities, which were: positive work environment; workforce development; epidemiology, planning, evaluation, and quality; program and organizational planning; and community leadership with corresponding objectives and actions.
There were six values, which were: professionalism, leadership, respect, empowerment, health equity, and accountability.
Throughout the five year period, a number of the objectives were met and considerable progress was made.
Upon reflection, key areas of opportunity were identified as important considerations. Among them were: the need for measurable operational definitions that could be used for accountability purposes, an enhanced focus on facilitating plan implementation by building organization-wide supports, increased individual accountability for the consistency and continuity of strategic efforts, and clear reporting standards on the effectiveness of strategies.
Additionally, fewer and more focused strategic priorities, which have clear goals and indicators of effectiveness, were deemed necessary for the continued support of the objectives throughout the duration of the plan.