Soar seeks to identify, hone and build on the organization's (original) (raw)

SOAR seeks to identify, hone and build on the organization's strengths as the foun dation for strategic growth, allowing for an approach to the future from a position of strengths and opportunities. SOAR also represents stakeholder aspirations for the most desirable future. Finally, SOAR calls for the evaluation of aspirations in terms of results - measurable and meaningful goals built on the strengths of the Balanced Scorecard from Kaplan and Norton (2006), which measures not just financial performance, but also marketing, operations and learning, and growth opportunities (Stavros, 2013). and then proceeds to identify the strategic core of what the organization aspires to become, along with grounding those aspirations into measurable future results (Stavros & Sutherland, 2003). SOAR features a disciplined approach to helping an organization identify its strengths with an eye on what works best for imple- menting possible opportunities for growth. SOAR is essentially recognized as a strengths-based framework with a whole-system (stakeholder) approach to strate- gic thinking and planning (See Figure 1).

Figure 1 SOAR seeks to identify, hone and build on the organization's strengths as the foun dation for strategic growth, allowing for an approach to the future from a position of strengths and opportunities. SOAR also represents stakeholder aspirations for the most desirable future. Finally, SOAR calls for the evaluation of aspirations in terms of results - measurable and meaningful goals built on the strengths of the Balanced Scorecard from Kaplan and Norton (2006), which measures not just financial performance, but also marketing, operations and learning, and growth opportunities (Stavros, 2013). and then proceeds to identify the strategic core of what the organization aspires to become, along with grounding those aspirations into measurable future results (Stavros & Sutherland, 2003). SOAR features a disciplined approach to helping an organization identify its strengths with an eye on what works best for imple- menting possible opportunities for growth. SOAR is essentially recognized as a strengths-based framework with a whole-system (stakeholder) approach to strate- gic thinking and planning (See Figure 1).