creates projects to achieve the goals.
The management step is where leaders hand the big goals over to the managers
and the library employees.

Managers and employees create projects that will achieve the goals of the strategic plan and ultimately, accomplish the mission/vision statement.

Sometimes leaders design the projects and impose them on managers and employees. I can understand why. Designing projects is the fun part if you are a creative, hands-on type. Projects are where the strategic plan becomes tangible services, programs and collection development. However, unless the library is tiny, leaders who interfere with the work of their managers and employees can destroy morale and breed apathy and cynicism.

The management step creates projects
to meet the strategic plans's goals.
Example Management Projects:

Goal: All children will have the opportunity to attend post K-12 education.
Project: Library and schools promote post-high school goals.
Project: Library builds advance-placement reference collection.

Goal: All adults will have access to continuing education for career advancement.
Project: Library creates lecture series with Chamber of Commerce.
Project:Library creates workplace-skills book club.

Goal:Intergenerational programs and services, from babies to seniors, will create and support a community culture of lifelong learning.
Project: Teen council develops "hi-tech" service corps to upgrade senior computers.
Project: Family-friendly "weekend college".
"As a manager, I work with my employees to create and implement the projects, which connect logically to the leadership step. "