Getting from good to great: A strategy of success

Abstract

172 V O L U M E 5 4 ● The American Academy of Nursing is committed to shaping health policy and practice through the use of knowledge. During our 33 years, we have compiled evidence on a variety of topics, drawing from the work of our talented Academy Fellows. More effort is required. We can—and must—better gather and disseminate that evidence, maximizing the Academy’s impact. Over the next 3 months, the Academy hopes to engage the Fellows and others in creating a strategic plan to guide the efforts that will help us achieve our mission. The draft plan is on our Web site (www.aannet.org) and I encourage you to review and contribute to it. Consider the following questions as you read the draft: ● Do we have a clear and compelling vision for the future? ● Is it clear what the Academy must do to direct our activities and use of resources based on our future vision? ● How will we engage the Academy Fellows and key partners? ● Do we support activities and causes in a tangible way that supports the greater good? ● What will it take to move the organization to the next step? ● How and what will the organization need to do to shape policy and health care? Jim Collins, author of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t, identifies the ability of organizations to adapt quickly to changing times as a defining characteristic of great companies. The Academy is a good organization of talented nursing and health professional leaders. The use of our as-