CO Online Training | Strategic Planning for Water Utilities: Align Your Team, Set Priorities and Meet Goals
Description: Strategic planning doesn’t have to be abstract or overwhelming. This workshop introduces a practical, actionable approach to planning that fits the day-to-day realities of your utility. Learn how to engage your team, identify system priorities, and connect daily operations with long-term goals. You’ll walk away with tools to help guide your utility’s mission, vision, and performance tracking. You’ll leave with tips and tools to help identify utility priorities, build an actionable plan and keep your team aligned and focused on results.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify key operational priorities and translate them to clear, strategic goals.
- Apply tools like SWOT analysis and Balanced Scorecard to assess challenges and opportunities, set objectives, and support decision-making.
- Engage team members in the planning process to improve collaboration, accountability, and follow-through on utility initiatives
Trainers: Sarah Diefendorf, Director and Elaine McCarty, Associate Director, Capacity Collaborative
TUs: This training is approved for 0.1 flexible Training Unit by the Colorado Certified Water Professionals Program.
Who Should Attend:
- Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people, or wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
- Decision-makers for water and wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
- Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water and wastewater systems
Partner:
Organizer
Program Associate at the Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center