Strategic plan for 2022-2025

Strategic plan for 2022-2025

PEOPLE FIRST INVESTMENT STRATEGY

Invest in talent development for staff to thrive at OAI and beyond.

Goals:

  • Center our DREI commitment in professional and career development
  • Centralize opportunities for professional and career development that align with growth strategy
  • Promote wellness and mental health for the entire organization
  • Implement a competitive employee attraction and retention strategy

PARTICIPANT CHOICE

Deliver a participant experience that provides a pathway to success.

Goals:

  • Define a supportive-care approach to participant success
  • Build capacity and systems for a unified “One OAI” recruitment strategy that centers user experience
  • Enhance participant self-determination through intentional coaching and service options
  • Leverage all modes of training (i.e., hybrid, virtual, in-person) to create an effective user experience
  • Prioritize long-term retention through a unified barrier-reduction approach

GROWTH & INNOVATION

Launch a growth and innovation strategy that aligns with the evolving workplace and OAI's commitment to equity.

Goals:

  • Ensure program expansion results in continued diversification of participants and staff
  • Develop 3-4 elements to comprise the three-year growth strategy to align with capacity and market opportunity
  • Define and prioritize innovation and test new approaches for impact
  • Use data to inform and guide strategy and operations
  • Secure the future and diversify OAI’s business model through a private sector resource development strategy

AMPLIFICATION OF IMPACT

Tell the story of OAI's impact to foster continued positive change.

Goals:

  • Develop a marketing strategy that centers anti-racism and racial equity and aligns with the growth strategy
  • Commit marketing personnel to attract participants, business and community collaborators, and funders