Strategic Plan 
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Photo from our September 2007 membership meeting.
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A Strategic Planning group comprised of the entire NLEN staff convened in April 2007, mandated by the Board of Directors, to create a strategic plan. The group was facilitated by CSolutions Consulting. In a process involving several phases, core stakeholders, and in particular members of the Board of Directors, were consulted for the development of key features of the new plan. The framework is based on experiences drawn from the Strategic Plan 2001-2006, as well as an analysis of the challenges and opportunities NLEN and its clients face in today’s world.
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has participated in this dynamic strategic planning process.
It has been said that, "the key driving force to greatness is to always look to be better...you will always be merely good relative to what you can do next." The new stategic framework charts the next direction for NLEN. From 2007-2010 NLEN will embolden its work by delivering superior performance and distinctive impact. We will ensure our future success by combining our vision of an economically thriving North Lawndale community with our aspirations of becoming a world class organization.
Our "next" goals are responding to the urgent and increasing needs of people with significant barriers to employment in the North Lawndale community. The strategies selected aim to meet the imperatives to increase both the size (breadth) and effectiveness (depth) of solutions in reducing unemployment and economic vulnerability. Our new focus on our people and culture will help ensure that NLEN's operations deliver the most distinctive impact possible for the people of North Lawndale.
The 2007-2010 Strategic Plan delivers significant breakthroughs to propel the Agency to a new level of operational performance. We have four strategic goals that form the cornerstone of our new plan to become a world class organization:
1. Strengthen NLEN’s ability to better meet the increasing and urgent need for employment of NL residents
2. Raise the profile of NLEN as a leader for solutions to unemployment for people with significant barriers to employment
3. Advance NLEN’s workforce development model to incorporate green employment and workplace strategies
4. Build on NLEN’s unique strengths as a catalyst for economic development in North Lawndale
By challenging itself to integrate environmental sustainability (green), social and economic justice, and community development goals, NLEN supports its aspirations to become a world class organization.
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