Navigating the Recession – Time to Revisit Your Strategic Plan
“Stay the course” is common advice to organizational leaders during difficult economic times. A shorthand reminder to stay focused on long-term goals, and faithful to established strategies to reach...
View ArticleThe Vision Statement – Dare to Dream
In a previous article I discussed the difference between a Vision Statement and a Mission Statement. These two statements are critical to a good strategic plan, so in the next two articles I’ll go into...
View ArticleGoal Setting and Strategic Planning
Goal setting is one of those techniques that people almost unanimously agree as being of vital importance to most aspects of life – whether on the personal or corporate level. You will have heard the...
View ArticleWhen Writing a Business Plan, Consider Your Reader and Audience
Once you have developed, integrated and implemented your Comprehensive Business Plan for the success of your business into your Company’s Operations, you can go about creating ancillary Business Plans...
View ArticleStrategic Planning For Non-Profit and For-Profit Organizations
Do it now or do it over – with strategic planning, mission and vision statements come first. Proper building blocks for strategic planning, whether for-profit or non-profit organizations, begins with...
View ArticleMaking a Strategic Plan
Where are you not satisfied with the results you are getting in your operation? If you are a manager responsible for getting results, this article will teach you about the best strategy tool I have...
View ArticleYou Will Never Be Greater Than the Vision That Guides You
Too many business owners and organizational leaders are frequently tied up working IN their business rather than working ON their business. As a result, there is failure to take the time to plan their...
View Article4 People Who Should Be at the Strategic Planning Table
For any organization to have a successful strategic plan you need four people sitting at the table involved in the creation of the businesses path forward You need the Visionary Decision Maker...
View ArticleHow To Avoid Putting All of Your Eggs in One Basket
Being typed cast in show business is just as fatal as having just one customer in your business. For many that first customer was the reason for starting their business. Now you must grow forward and...
View ArticleWhy Do Smart People Continue to Pay For Dumb Mission Statements?
Smart people including CEO’s, small business owners, SOHO and even sales professionals abound in business. Yet, these same intelligent people spend (note not invest) millions of dollars in truly dumb...
View ArticleAlign Employees With Your Strategic Plan – Five Quick Steps
1.Give employees the conceptual tools needed to think strategically: An operations employee who doesn’t understand how profit is measured will have as much trouble with this as an accounting person who...
View ArticleWho Protects Your Greatest Vulnerability?
Have you ever seen The Blind Side? It’s an acclaimed movie based on a true story first described in a best-selling book by Michael Lewis. It’s quite inspiring. The Blind Side introduces us to Michael...
View ArticleWhat Should Your Executable Strategic Plan Cost in Terms of Money, Time and...
Sustainable business success originates from an executable strategic plan. However, creating a strategic plan does have a price tag. The underlying business strategy is to realize a positive return on...
View ArticleStrategy – How Do Business Strategy and Focus Interconnect?
Business strategy and focus are intimately connected. Having a business strategy sharply focuses your business and focus is absolutely required to accomplish your strategy. You must focus to create and...
View ArticleStarting a Business With No Time to Plan
Do you have the necessary time to plan for a business right now? Yes or No If you answered no, you may want to know that the easiest way to get some spare time is by getting up early. As you probably...
View ArticleStrategic Planning Generates Enthusiasm For All
Strategic planning is a process that has many tangible elements such as a vision statement to specific unit goals. Yet, from my experiences as a business coach, strategic plan implementation continues...
View ArticleMaking A Strategic Plan For Your Small Or Medium Business
I.What is a Strategic Plan? Business Owners or Managers are often so preoccupied with day to day immediate issues in their business they lose sight of their ultimate objectives. Taking a step back and...
View ArticleBuild a Strategic Plan For Business Growth: Self-Assessment
Building a strategic plan for your company involves a number steps before the actual plan can be created. First, a company purpose needs to be defined and a long-term objective should be set. The next...
View ArticleWhat Essential Marketing Models Are Within Your Strategic Plan?
An executable strategic plan contains a marketing plan that is directly aligned to the sales plan. This essential marketing plan should be based upon proven marketing models. Marketing experts make...
View ArticleBuild a Strategic Plan For Business Growth: Envisioning the Future
Your company’s strategic planning process is a time to dream and imagine the future world. To effectively do so, all of your team members must participate in a “think tank” setting, for every mind is...
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