Most strategic planning ends up wasted, because once the plan is done, it ends up ignored, or sitting gathering dust. This helpcard explains how you can ensure your strategic planning processes aren't wasted. Also contains a graphic diagram of a strategic planning model. Learn how to make sure your strategic plan becomes a signpost for action, not only for executives, but for each and every employee.

Make Your Strategic Plans Come Alive and Not Sit Gathering Dust In The Back of a Drawer

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The Point: In leading strategic planning sessions, I noticed two problems: First, it was difficult to actually explain strategic planning in everyday language, and help people see how it can be used in real life to make a real difference in what people do every day. The second problem was that people tended to forget that just doing a plan is worthless without serious followup after the fact. So I created two quick-read helpcards on the subject to deal with these issues. This card, the second of the two part set, explains what managers, leaders and staff must do to make strategic plans come alive.

What's In It: Written by consultant and and author Robert Bacal, Making Strategic Planning Work offers a number of suggestions to help you ensure your strategic plan becomes a dynamic document that can be used to make everyday decisions. If strategic planning is to be useful, it must result in an understanding of how strategic direction links to the everday decisions made by EVERYONE in the organization. This card teaches you the essentials of doing this.

In addition to these essential tactics, this card contains a complete diagram of the entire strategic + tactical planning process, so you can ensure that your planning process is complete.