SFF’s Leadership System is the process by which the MC (SFF’s President, and his direct reports) balances the needs of all key stakeholders in establishing and communicating SFF’s Core Ideology (Core values, Core Purpose), and Mission, sets and communicates short and long-term strategic direction and performance expectations, maintains controls for effective over-sight, monitors and guides performance, promotes stakeholder accountability, engagement and innovation, and evaluates and improves all business processes. By focusing the organization on its Core Purpose, Core Values and Mission, and by using the Strategic Planning Process (SPP), annual Business and Operating Plans, Key Indicators (KI’s), and the individual Performance Management Process (PMP),