You’re making decisions, responding to change, and trying to move forward, but it’s not always clear if everything is aligned.

Priorities shift and new pressures emerge. Plans get outdated quickly, or sit on a shelf while the real work moves in a different direction.

Strategic direction setting offers a different approach. Instead of locking into a fixed plan, it helps you stay oriented, so you can move with intention, even as conditions change.

Strategic Direction Setting Checklist helps you step back and assess where you are. Use it to:

• Reflect on whether your purpose and values are guiding your work
• Explore how prepared you are for multiple possible futures
• Consider how flexible and collaborative your strategy is
• Examine how equity and power show up in your approach
• Assess your organization’s resilience in the face of change

This checklist is a starting place – a way to notice patterns and take stock of where you are. It’s not a shortcut to equity or transformation. That work requires relationships, context, lived experience, and ongoing conversation.

Download the guide to reflect on where you are and where you may need to strengthen your approach.