Strategic plans are great… when they work. All 20 percent of them. When they succeed:
- Companies grow.
- Careers launch.
- Morale is upbeat.
This is great stuff, because smart positioning—and clever repositioning—create competitive advantage.
Vibrant cultures need great planners—and great leaders—but it’s tough to lead if you don’t know where you’re going.
Companies that don’t plan well struggle. When they struggle, they argue; typically about “next steps.”
However well intended, guessing what to do next torches careers. Dominoes topple, many of them bad:
- Negative emotions and “CYA” behaviors escalate.
- Fingers are pointed.
- Blame saps morale.
- Jobs are in jeopardy.
The AMA (American Management Association) says 80 percent of SWOT-based strategic plans fail. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats can map where you are—which you should already know—but not where you need to go, much less how to get there.
Coin tossing is an option but not a strategy, so smart leaders invest in learning to build quick strategic plans that are:
- Comprehensive
- Airtight
- Simple to explain, and most importantly….
- Doable!
The process—which is mastered in a day—is:
- Replicable
- Scalable
- Adaptable
- and… deadly efficient!
Success is the orchestrated byproduct of a series of specific steps—never a hope or guess.
Remember: To maximize success velocity, give us a call. You will learn how to:
- Plan smart.
- Execute quickly.
- Trust the process.
We can teach it in a day. You can be using it tomorrow.
Strategic planning… simplified.