Preparing the Annual Budget for a Small Social Service Agency: A Six-Step Approach to Engaging Team Members in the Budgeting Process

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Ask The Expert Question from an OPEN MINDS reader: I’m the CEO of a small social service agency. Until recently, I have always prepared our agency’s annual budget and presented it to our staff. This year I would like to involve my executive team in this process. Where do I start? This is a great question for a chief executive officer (CEO) to be asking, because it illustrates that you are willing to delegate ownership of the agency’s outcomes to the executive team along with responsibility and . . .