Councilmen shall be encouraged and expected to learn about Triangle, its operating environment, and business policies related to operating and improving the organization. Strategy vs. Tactics Regulation 3.10 states that Council shall act in a primarily strategic capacity, while the Executive Director shall act in a primarily tactical capacity. Every organization has only limited resources to use in achieving its goals. To be most effective, it must plan how to apply the available resources so that the goals can be met with the least effort and best outcome. The answers to this question are called strategies.
Strategies are broad, overall priorities or directions adopted by an organization.
They are future-oriented choices among the various fundamental directions that an organization can choose in order to accomplish its mission. Once the organization has decided on what strategies to use, only then does it make sense to begin to plan out how to actually accomplish the strategies. As anyone who's thought about strategy and tactics knows, there is a lot of overlap between strategy and tactics, so deciding whether something is a strategy or a tactic can be as much art as it is science. The Headquarters staff, on the other hand, is responsible for implementing the strategy with appropriate tactical action, as well as measuring tactical-level progress. Improving member satisfaction with Triangle Increasing the number of members Obtaining the funds required to accomplish the two areas above The Headquarters staff has to plan ways to actually achieve the goals set out in the strategy set by Council.