Institutionalizing Strategic Planning

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Institutionalizing Strategic Planning

• Linda Haynie
• Federal Initiatives Coordinator
• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

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Why Institutionalize Strategic Planning?

• Money! Planning identifies priorities for
  available resources
• Accountability Pass the 60 Minutes test
• EPA and OMB are emphasizing standardization
• Common senseKeep the main goal in focus

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Whats Driving TCEQ?

• The Texas Legislature A state agency SHALL
  make a strategic plan for its operations...
  covering five fiscal years.

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Whats Driving States?

• State Legislature
• EPA
• OMB
• Congress
• Funding

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Internal Commitment Drivers
Where Do They Come From?

• Management Drivers
• External Drivers (Legislature, EPA, OMB, etc.)

• vs.
• Sunday Drivers!

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Even with those drivers, sometimes we need
to
JUST DO IT!

• Eighty percent of success is just showing up.
  - Woody Allen
• Even if youre on the right track, youll get
  run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers

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Work from the INSIDE!

• Facilitate a paradigm shift
• If you can measure it, track it!
• Educate by providing information
• Show results and the value is obvious, especially
  now..

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• A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish.  

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944)