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Strategic Planning and Consulting
Strategic Planning and Consulting
  • Strategic Planning Services

    We specialize in libraries and public organizations

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ABOUT US

At Credalabs, we believe that great strategy isn’t just a document—it’s a shared roadmap that inspires action. 

Organizations thrive when they have a clear, actionable strategic plan that aligns leadership, staff, and the communities they serve. Yet, crafting a plan that is both visionary and practical can be a complex challenge—especially when balancing the perspectives of management teams and board members with diverse backgrounds.

We specialize in guiding libraries through a four-stage strategic planning process that is both structured and engaging, blending stakeholder consultation, visioning sessions, and practical goal-setting. Our facilitators bring decades of combined experience in public and academic libraries, paired with corporate strategy expertise—ensuring your plan is grounded in real-world operations and future-focused thinking. 

We don’t just help you write a plan—we help you build and sustain the alignment, accountability, and momentum needed for successful execution.

Julie Mandal

A seasoned leader in strategic planning and organizational development, Julie brings deep expertise in public and academic sectors, with a strong track record in stakeholder facilitation and change leadership. With decades of experience guiding institutions through complex planning, she helps boards and leadership teams define compelling missions, align on strategic goals, and drive measurable outcomes. Her approach blends design thinking, OKRs, and inclusive engagement, ensuring plans don’t just get written, but get realized.

Nitish Mandal

An MIT trained expert in aligning strategy and operations, and a deep background in lean, agile, balanced scorecard, Nitish focusses on lean approaches to ensuring success in strategy development and execution. He has worked with public and private sector organizations to create strategic plans and drive transformation planning and execution. 

Strategic Planning

We specialize in guiding you through a four-stage strategic planning process that is both structured and engaging, blending stakeholder consultation, visioning sessions, and practical goal-setting. Our facilitators bring decades of combined experience in public and academic libraries, paired with corporate strategy expertise - ensuring your plan is grounded in real-world operations and future-focused thinking.

Quarterly Health Check

We don’t just help you write a plan - we help you build and sustain the alignment, accountability, and momentum needed for successful execution.

With the quarterly health check we review plan progress, take stock of  challenges and gaps in achieving planned milestones and metrics, and work with stakeholders to create countermeasures and re align to plan. 

Visual Work Management

Foster greater collaboration within your organization and improve engagement with the communities you serve. Visual Work Management is a powerful, proven way to build alignment and a problem solving, outcome oriented culture.  

Using Lean principles, Visual Work Management creates a shared visual language that helps align teams, fuels collaboration and continuous improvements,  and drives better decisions - faster. 


Unlock your Library's strategic potential

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J. Mandal 

Credalabs 

Missisauga, ON. 


email:info@credalabs.com