The neatly posed positions, smiling faces, and champagne glasses lifted in toast tell just part of the story of the strategic planning process we’ve just completed here at Behrman House. Many of you who have been involved in change in your own synagogues, schools, and institutions know the truth: it can be a messy, crazy, exciting, exhilarating, terrifying experience.
Six months ago we started a strategic revisioning process; it’s complete now and we’ve come through it stronger and wiser and closer as a team. One of the added benefits: we figured out how to clear out our Inboxes! (Full disclosure: Some of us were less successful than others.) We’ve developed a new organizational structure, learned more effective ways of communicating, created new accounting systems, expanded our staff with more digital developers, formed new alliances and partnerships—all to help you, your communities, and your families live meaningful Jewish lives.
So watch out for all sorts of new products and services coming your way from Behrman House in the next year or two. Most important, tell us about your change process. What drove it? Outside forces or your own desire to improve? What did you gain? What did you lose? We’d love to hear from you. I hope your process ended with bubbly, even if only the metaphorical kind.
