Our strategic plans are based upon a strategic framework that has been developed by JA Worldwide.    This framework provides the over all strategic guidelines that each area is to follow.   Our Board of Trustees has adopted this template.

The JA Worldwide Vision is a straightforward document.  It has four basic parts and each part serves a different purpose: 

1.     The Core Purpose spells out our organization’s fundamental purpose.  It answers the question “why do we exist?”  It conveys the “soul” of our organization, our idealistic motivations, and represents the value we bring to society.

2.     The Core Values spell out our fundamental, inviolable organizational beliefs.  They define what we stand for and what we hold onto.  Our values serve as a set of timeless guiding principles that require no rational or external justification.  They represent the way we want to conduct our business.

3.     The Long-Term Aspiration spells out our long-term vision for JA.  This vision might take 10-30 years to achieve.  It clearly represents thinking beyond our current capabilities, constraints, and impact.  It is intended to make us stretch and grow in pursuit of the vision.

4.    The Envisioned Future provides a vivid picture of what JA will look and feel like when we achieve our Long-Term Aspiration.  The Envisioned Future is intended to help us identify the critical success factors we must pursue to make our vision a reality.  It will guide us in the development of supporting objectives, strategies, and tactics as we move into the future.

Our Core Purpose

The organization’s fundamental reasons for existence (why we exist)  Not the result of our business, not a goal or a business strategy, but the value we bring to society The idealistic motivations, the “soul” of the organization