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<br />. How can the board and staff best respond to these challenges, cany out the
<br />county's mission, and achieve its goals and vision in terms of organization,
<br />structure, role, best practices, and operating principles?
<br />Step 3 -Strategic Directions (7 day session + 7 day prepa~tion time) (joint meeting
<br />with staffl
<br />• Identify issues and needs, challenges and choices facing the county, and priorities
<br />and actions that should be addressed.
<br />• Identify common themes and group themes into categories that can serve as
<br />platforms for countywide goals.
<br />• Reframe categories as affirmative countywide goal statements. ,
<br />• Assign all individual issues, actions, and challenges to county goals.
<br />• Reframe issues, actions, and challenges into a set'of speck initiatives or objectives
<br />to achieve each county goal.
<br />Step 4 -Connecting Policy Navigation and Strategic Direcfions (% day + % day
<br />preparation time)
<br />• Organize current programs, services, priorities, commitments, and investments
<br />according to the countywide goals and initiatives.
<br />• Use the countywide goals and initiatives to identify core programs, services, functions
<br />and priorities
<br />• Adopt a county platform and integrate goals into the budget.
<br />• Based on mission, vision, core values, goals and initiatives, and budget, identify
<br />priority goals, objectives, and actions.
<br />• Adjust budget and investments accordingly.
<br />Estimated Time, Cost, and Scheduling
<br />Based on the total proposed design, I estimate about 8 days of time, broken out as follows:
<br />• Session and facilitation time - 3 days
<br />• Consultation, planning, preparation, design and reporting/feedback - 5 days
<br />In terms of cost, Leading & Governing charges per day or per unit of work, depending upon
<br />the specific client and project. For ongoing work where the time is easier to identify than the
<br />specific tasks, I often use a per day fee. My current daily rate is $1650 per day, which
<br />covers all consultation, planning, and facilitation, and includes all administrative and
<br />operating costs. Alternatively, for work that is more finite or intermittent, such as conference
<br />sessions or a stand-alone board workshop, I usually charge per session. My half-day
<br />session fees range from $1000 - $3000, and my full-day sessions range from $2500 -
<br />$5000. We can discuss the scope of work and cost at your convenience, and I am happy to
<br />work with any specific administrative requirements you may have.
<br />In terms of scheduling, I prefer to try to schedule whatever we think seems feasible up front,
<br />so I can reserve the time and guarantee my availability.
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