[Sidenote: this is not my rant post. I'll get that up tomorrow]

I had a quick thought on building a strategy for an organization or a company.  I’m going to be involved in putting together the long-term strategy of one of the organizations that I’m involved in.  We’ve been lucky enough to have a DC-area think tank ask us to come in, and they’ll give us a weekend full of strategy consulting.

In preparation for the session, I was thinking about some of the major things I’d like to accomplish. One big thing for me, which has been an issue in several arenas, is how to not only get people excited about your mission/vision/goals etc, but how to communicate that in a way that ensures continual excitement and, most importantly, long-term commitment.

I’ve found that it’s very easy for people to get swept up in some of the initial momentum of an organization that they feel strongly about.  But in a lot of cases, while that feeling might have initially resulted in action, it slowly diminishes after a few months or so.  It makes it difficult to build teams that will effectively drive things forward for the long-haul.

I would love to hear of anyone else’s experiences in situations like this, and what solutions they might have.  Any piece of advice helps in these sorts of things…..