Strategy Development
Competency Definition: The process of deciding what you want to achieve and the why/purpose behind those goals, while also determining how to allocate resources and maximize impact through people to achieve those objectives.
It's important to build this competency because...
Intentional discussion, design, and/or implementation of a plan of action that helps us to achieve major aims. Building this competency enables better decision-making and efficient resource allocation to achieve goals in a timely and cost-effective manner. This is important because it provides direction and focus aligned to our organization’s Vision, Mission, Values, and Service Promise (V/M/V/SP).
- Self-Benefits: Understand how our unique individual contributions support collective movement toward our organization’s V/M/V/SP.
- Organizational Benefits: Clear strategics align people, policies, and resources to advance Mayoral and agency priorities. This increases the likelihood of collective aims being achieved in alignment with our organization’s V/M/V/SP.
Resources
Below you'll find resources for building Knowledge, Skills, and Ability (KSAs) for this competency.
- Knowledge - Information acquired through education or experience about a subject. (Think: "what you know").
- Skill - The power to perform a specific task effectively that is demonstrated through actions and developed through practice and/or experience. (Think: "what you can do").
- Ability - The natural or learned capacity for doing something. Note, not everyone is going to have the same level of natural ability to do something. Someone’s natural ability can make it harder or easier to develop skills. (Think, "what you're naturally capable of or have developed over time").