Are You Managing Your Action Plans?

This morning, I was reading through email and I came across the Management Tip of the Day that I receive through Harvard Business Review. Today’s tip focused on keeping your action plan on track. It made me think of school improvement planning and monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of plans as we enter the homestretch of this school year. I visited one school last week where the School Improvement Team meets weekly. In another school I visited, the team has not met since the plan was submitted to the state. How often does your school team meet? Are you monitoring the indicators of implementation and the evidence of effectiveness regularly?


Harvard Business Review author Gill Corkindale offered these tips for team-based action planning:

• If you are managing a team — or you are part of a team — it's important to share the responsibility and accountability for the plan.
• Ensure that notes are taken at meetings and distributed afterwards, appoint project managers and allocate key responsibilities.
• Hold team members to real deadlines and schedule regular meetings to give updates and monitor progress.
• Tie individual accountability into appraisals.
• Regular team offsite days will help the team review the wider progress.

To read the full article, follow this link:

http://blogs.hbr.org/corkindale/2010/01/how_to_keep_your_action_plan_o.html?cm_mmc=npv-_-MANAGEMENT_TIP-_-APR_2010-_-MTOD0401&referral=00203