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Turning Intentions into Results5 Ways to Keep Your Plan from Gathering DustBy Peter Christian • Published October 2010 Planning Alone is Not Enough With today’s economic environment, planning is not enough. It must be Strategic Planning. Then the Plan needs to be implemented and measured. Unfortunately, companies can encounter a slew of pitfalls along the way (check out the chart below), which hold them back and squash progress. Strategy is more often about what you say “No” to than what you decide to pursue In fact, one of the most liberating parts of the Strategic Planning process is the realization that there is fluff in everyone’s company that needs to go. These are initiatives with no measurable benefits or ones that linger because it was “always” done that way. Strategic Planning empowers owners and their leadership team to say “No”. Beware! The Pitfalls of Strategic Planning Implementation
For many companies, Strategic Planning is a game-changer. The process is often described as an “eye-opening experience”. Why? Because they were so busy trying to do things right that they failed to notice they weren’t working on the right things to bring about growth in the first place. Ready to take that first small step? Give me a call. Regards, Peter Christian |
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