Achieving excellence: strategy and direction

• Creates and communicates vision
• Develops strategies to achieve institutional goals within the governance structure
• Identifies external threats and opportunities and adapts strategy to changing conditions
• Sets clear objectives and establishes priorities

Standard

• Translates vision and strategy into organisational plans and objectives and aligns with work priorities to ensure successful delivery and implementation
• Communicates the vision for maximum effort
• Ensures the governance structure and processes are aligned to the strategy

Enhanced

• Creates a clear, compelling vision of institutional excellence for the future, within the context of multiple future scenarios
• Inspires others to deliver the vision and strategy and provides clarity on the relationship between institutional goals, structure and performance

• Strategic analysis tools and techniques
• Strategic implementation process
• Strategic financial planning
• Internal and external marketing
• Communication
• Managing high performing teams