SME Strategy

OCTOBER 28, 2022

When deciding on your strategic plan timeline, it is conventional knowledge to go with crafting a 5 year strategic plan over a three year strategic plan. However, we believe that 5 year plans are not the most optimal strategic planning timeframe.

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Michael Hyatt

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Strategic planning is essential for your company's success, especially in a highly volatile economy. The post Why Every Small Business Needs a Strategic Plan (and How to Create One) appeared first on Full Focus. Here’s why and how to get started.

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SME Strategy

MARCH 29, 2023

As a business leader, you know that creating and implementing an effective strategic plan can be overwhelming. There are so many things to consider: The field your company operates in, and how quickly it changes, affects the complexity, length, and scope of your strategic plan.

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Thought Leaders LLC

JUNE 15, 2022

Create better strategic plans by avoiding these five common mistakes. Strategic planning takes a lot of time and energy. Here are some warning signs that you can look for to determine if your strategic planning process is flawed. It is a high-resource type of exercise.

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Rhythm Systems Growth

AUGUST 22, 2023

Planning for the future is essential for any organization to thrive and succeed. But with the ever-evolving business landscape, how can you ensure your strategic planning efforts are effective and comprehensive?

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Forbes Leadership

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Futures thinking can greatly aid in the efficacy of your business' strategic planning sessions. Ready to take a step back for a more big-picture view of of things?

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Rhythm Systems Growth

MAY 27, 2022

Unfortunately, even with everyone’s good intentions, running the day-to-day business can get in the way of making progress on your annual and quarterly rocks if you are not intentional about your execution or operation planning of all of your important projects to help you achieve your vision.

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Forbes Leadership

APRIL 24, 2023

Strategic planning has a notoriously bad track record. An important cause is the "planning fallacy" bias, leading to underestimating time, effort and money needed. These 10 steps help counter it.

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Forbes Leadership

APRIL 8, 2023

Did you know that the typical five-year strategic planning forecasts perform about as well as dart-throwing chimpanzees? Yet you can do much better - here's how.

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Thought Leaders LLC

JUNE 8, 2022

Learn about the three principles of strategic planning and how they can focus your efforts. What is a strategic plan, and why is it important? A strategic plan defines what your organization stands for. It defines the market where you compete and how you compete in that market.

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SME Strategy

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

After a turbulent 2020, filled with extensive change, strategic planning is more important than ever - especially for non-profit and mission-based organizations.

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Rhythm Systems Growth

OCTOBER 22, 2022

To successfully weather the storm and recover from the pandemic, you need a strategic plan. You may not know what’s coming around the bend, but you need to be proactive in planning for the future so you don’t get left behind. There are a range of possibilities for the future which are currently unknowable.

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Rhythm Systems Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This time of year, leaves are turning, kids are in school, and many business leaders are spending a great deal of time, energy, and resources creating a strategic plan for next year.

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Walk Me

JUNE 2, 2022

An IT strategic plan is a document outlining the steps an organization will take to adopt new technology investments. Unlike plans which are ever-changing to adapt to the market’s changing needs, strategies are the touchstones that give people direction when things change. What is an IT strategic plan?

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Chief Executive

APRIL 5, 2023

Even less, consider multiple scenarios at the strategic planning stage. Embracing the uncertainty of the post-pandemic future requires CEOs to simultaneously plan for many plausible scenarios and recovery paths (reflecting internal and external potential factors). That may have been good enough in years past.

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Forbes Leadership

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As we head into a new year, it is important for business leaders to factor economic impacts into their strategic planning.

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Thought Leaders LLC

JULY 14, 2022

Our reader poll today asks: How frequently does your organization reassess and renew its strategic plan? More than once a year 15.45% Once per year 40.16% Once every 2-3 years 17.37% Once every 4+ years 13.51% What’s a strategic plan? 13.51% What’s the right frequency?

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SME Strategy

MAY 2, 2023

Discover the benefits of strategic planning facilitation in our comprehensive guide. Are you preparing for an upcoming strategy meeting? Whether you're organizing a virtual or in-person meeting and whether you prefer a DIY approach or professional assistance, we've got you covered.

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Forbes Leadership

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

They are tired of getting nowhere; tired of failing at strategic planning and tired of expending effort, energy and resources delivering the right results on the wrong set of outcomes. Executives and managers are tired.

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Rhythm Systems Growth

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This is an important step, because these 3 year strategic plans form your base camps on the way to achieving your longer-term strategy. Working on your 3-5 Year Strategic Plan is a best practice during your 2-day annual planning session, but what should the outcome of that time look like?

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Rhythm Systems Growth

JULY 20, 2022

The best companies are already starting their Annual Strategic Planning process for 2023. They're engaging in pre-planning activities like. budgeting , brainstorming, gathering data and insights, and scheduling time for the team to hash out any major decisions.

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SME Strategy

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

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SME Strategy

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

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Sweet Process

APRIL 24, 2022

Featured Bonus Content: Get The Strategic Planning Template for FREE! The post The Executive Guide to an Efficient Strategic Plan (Plus a Free Downloadable Template) appeared first on SweetProcess. Click Here To Download It. He contacted […].

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Sweet Process

JUNE 14, 2021

Strategic planning is the identification and achievement of long-term overall aims and interests. Unfortunately, most businesses fail to achieve their set goals when certain factors of strategic planning aren’t handled properly.

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Vantage Circle

MAY 24, 2021

Thus, modern businesses need the aid of some solid strategic planning skills. Many professionals hold the job title of “strategic planner” or “strategic planning manager.” Still, other jobs need strategic planning skills even though the label “strategic” is not mentioned in the designation.

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SME Strategy

MAY 29, 2023

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SME Strategy

AUGUST 24, 2023

You’ve probably heard of at least one of many personality assessments that are used in the workplace (CliftonStrengths, DiSC, MBTI, Talent Dynamics, etc.). Chances are, you’ve even taken at least one of these assessments before. But if you’re like most people, you’d be hard-pressed to remember much about the results you received.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Don’t create a plan. Create a system.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 3, 2020

Update and Upgrade for Better Strategic Planning. For those organizations not at the top of the pack, it is time to rethink the strategic planning process and revamp strategy cascading and execution in a way that moves both the people and the business forward. Five Tips on How to Do Strategic Planning Right.

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GMC

AUGUST 20, 2019

For senior management of growing businesses, Labor Day marks the end of scheduling around vacations and a transition into strategic planning season. Ideally, strategic plans can be completed and used as input for operating budgets late in the year. So autumn can be perfect timing for plan updates.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Are You and Your Leadership Team Aware of the Top Cognitive Biases that Affect Strategic Planning? Leaders need to design a game plan that outlines clear and compelling choices about where to play and what actions to take. Done right, a successful strategic plan sets a company up to perform beyond just the sum of its parts.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 3, 2020

Strategic Planning Retreat Facilitation. When you invest the time, energy, and money in strategic planning retreat facilitation, you want to be sure that your investment pays off. Strategic Planning Retreats Often Underdeliver. Active involvement can and should occur before, during, and after the meeting.

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SME Strategy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

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SME Strategy

MARCH 10, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. What does a business strategy consultant do?

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BetterUp

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A Smart Strategic Planning Process Provides the Foundation. No matter how simple the business, every effective operation is based upon some kind of revenue-generating plan. Strategic planning is, quite simply, the foundation of any successful business. There are various ways to go about strategic planning.

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