02 · Management & institutional strengthening
Strategic plan development three to five years
We facilitate a strategy diagnostic and a decision workshop with your leadership.
Tell us what you needWe facilitate a strategy diagnostic and a decision workshop with your leadership, then write the full plan and its implementation matrix, so the strategy says what will be done, by whom and how progress will be seen.
- Led by
- Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma
- Delivery
- Remote, and on site from Accra
- Fees
- Fixed fee, quoted to your scope
- Free tool
- Strategic plan template
- Contracting
- GKM Legacy Holdings, Maryland
What you receive.
Documents you can use, each with its method and sources attached.
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See a demonstration of the output: Specimen · Strategic plan development (3–5 years)
Diagnostic summary
Performance, environment and stakeholder views.
Strategic choices
The few decisions that define the plan.
Strategic plan
Goals, objectives and initiatives in plain language.
Implementation matrix
Actions, owners, dates, costs and measures.
Who commissions this, and when.
Buyers and moments where this work pays for itself, and where it does not.
Who it is for
- Public bodies and pension schemes in Ghana
- Universities and colleges
- NGOs and associations
- Corporates and family businesses
When to call us
- The current plan is ending or no longer fits
- A new board, leader or mandate needs a direction
- A funder or regulator asks for a strategic plan
When it is not the answer
A strategy workshop cannot settle a governance dispute. If the leadership is not ready to decide, we will recommend what to resolve first.
Led byProf. Wisdom Gagakuma
- Contracting
- GKM Legacy Holdings, Maryland
- Consultation
- from USD 150
Scope and fees.
Fees are agreed in writing before work begins. Estimates are shown as estimates.
Fees
Fixed fee, quoted to your scope
Send a brief or book a short call. We reply with a written scope, dates and a fixed fee before any work begins.
What we need from you
- Current plan and performance reports
- Access to board, leadership and stakeholders
- Budget and resource outlook
Not included unless agreed
- Detailed operational budgeting unless scoped
- Organisational restructuring
- Printing and publication
How the work runs.
Each stage ends in something you review before the next begins.
Stage 1 of 5
Mandate
Agree the planning horizon, the decision-makers and the process.
Review pointSigned scope note: the decision, the units in scope and the timeline.
Stage 2 of 5
Diagnostic
Review performance, interview stakeholders and scan the environment.
Review pointDiagnostic instruments signed off.
Stage 3 of 5
Options
Frame the strategic choices and options for leadership.
Review pointOptions paper reviewed with leadership.
Stage 4 of 5
Validation
Decide and validate in a facilitated workshop.
Review pointValidation workshop held and comments recorded.
Stage 5 of 5
Implementation
Write the plan and the implementation matrix.
Review pointWritten acceptance and a handover of files and method.
Documented experience.
Roles held by the principal who leads this work, each with its source.
- Attested 26 March 2025Health Sector Occupational Pension Scheme: five-year strategic planThe Professor served as Lead Strategic Project Expert, through OKYEAME Consult, for the scheme’s five-year strategic plan.
- 2004–2010GIMPA Consultancy Division: project and strategic managementThe Professor was a Senior Consultant at the Consultancy Division, developing modules and facilitating project- and strategic-management programmes for public and private clients, including AngloGold Ashanti.
Individual experience of our principals, before or outside GKM Strategic Advisory & AI. Not GKM contracts.
Questions buyers ask.
Anything else: ask in a brief.
How long does it take?
It depends on the size of the organisation and the consultation required; the scope note sets the dates.
Who writes the plan?
We draft it with your team, so ownership stays with you.
Have you done this for similar organisations?
The Professor served as Lead Strategic Project Expert on a five-year strategic plan for a pension scheme; see the record below.
Related work
What needs to move forward?
Tell us the decision, the challenge or the opportunity. We reply with a scoped approach, a named principal and a fee before any work begins.
No charge to submit an enquiry.