Excerpts from the intro of this strategic planning guide for finances, leadership, and curriculum: Using a strategic plan helps every member of the team to align vision with outcomes, helps everyone know the role they serve and keeps everyone accountable to the one thing everyone wants - results! SP focuses on the future, determines how we will know if we are successful and pulls the team together to focus on common goals. This sort of process answers where we are, where we are going and how we will get there.