Strategic Planning to Drive Impact

As our clients know, Laridae is a team ofplanners. We encourage reflection on process and engagement. We help our clients develop strategic plans that are broad enough to avoid becomingirrelevant by next year, while still being tangible enough to be actionable.

Many of you might wonder: do we take ourown advice?

As our  strategic plan comes to aclose, we are excited to enter the new decade with a refreshed three-year strategic plan. Over a six-month period, we have collected the client feedback wereceived through our ongoing quality assurance surveys, reviewed relevantmarket information and considered client demand, all while continually engagingour team in the process.

Here’s a little sneak peek into the finalization of our own strategy and how we plan to implement it.

One of the key components of an effective strategic plan is its strategic directions. In our case, we boiled down our focus to three strategic directions.

Our clients work hard.

We are continuously impressed by the level of value and service our clientsdeliver to the communities in which they operate. We know that our clients workin a world of change and pressure with minimal funding and resources – and yetthey are committed to their mission. Our understanding of this landscape, andthe people that work within it, is what ultimately drives Laridae’s purpose.

Our mission states that we are here “to solve thenon-profit and public sector’s toughest challenges; help leaders implementchange that lasts; and support organizational resiliency and sustainability soour clients can soar.” To achieve this, Laridae prioritizes the development ofstrong relationships with our clients. We want to be sure that each client hasa positive and empowering experience that results in practical solutions thatbuild capacity and can easily be implemented.

How are we going to be able to achieve this? By proactively collecting feedback from our clients, regularly reviewing our own processes, and staying on top of best practices, we will ensure that our services are effectively responding to the needs of our clients.

As we continue to grow and evolve as a company, we will continue to find newways to deliver accessible service and resources to small organizations, addvalue to large service providers, and facilitate community capacity buildingacross Ontario and beyond.

We are committed to ensuring Laridaeremains a great place to work.

Through our behaviour as a company, as ateam, and as individuals, we have created a workplace culture that issupportive, collaborative, and self-managed. We attract and retain people whoshare our values, who are driven by purpose, and who ultimately want to have apositive impact on the world.

As an organization, we respect and valueour team members. We demonstrate this through transparency and advice-baseddecision making, and by leading with our values.

We lean into challenging discussions with the purpose of driving solutions that make the company, and our team, stronger.

Laridae strives to offer competitive compensation packages that consider work-life balance, pay appropriately, andensure long-term staff satisfaction and retention.

Laridae is a place that ensures continuous learning and provides opportunities for individual growth. Each team member is integral to the success of the company and contributes to the collectiveexperiences we have together and with our clients.

Laridae is place where people want to work,grow, and stay.

We are here for thelong haul.

As a values-drivencompany, we know that we can only deliver on our purpose if we are sustainable.

Although success isour ultimate goal, we will define it in our own way. We will question growthfor the sake of growth, and we will strive to make decisions that make usstronger and more supportive of the people and organizations that deliverimportant human services across Ontario and beyond.

Laridae will makefinancial decisions that enhance stability, we will invest in hiring when we’reready, we will ensure ongoing knowledge transfer to increase internal…