Reverse Engineering a Strategy.

 The Role of Strategy. 

Remember that strategy is the pivot point between vision and action. Therefore, it is important to think of strategy in the context of the community’s vision and its many action plans. Strategy is not a plan in and of itself; a strategic plan provides instruction of how to turn a vision into a series of implementing actions; the strategic plan is an implementing agent not an end or aspiration. 

• An effective strategy demands a community-based vision. 
• Actions reflect the presence or absence of a strategy to achieve the community’s vision. 
• Visions and actions are connected and implemented by strategy.