Writing A Business Plan – Part 3
Think of your strategies and actions as the tasks you need to achieve by a certain date to complete an objective. These connect the dots between where you are today and the future goals you want to achieve.
Strategies and tactics in Tour de France
The strategies and tactics of each team change continuously during this 21-day race. The Tour de France, which started earlier this year on June 30th, is the world’s most grueling bike race. It crosses France, dips into the Pyrenees and then the Alps, before finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Except this year it finishes in Nice because Paris is hosting the summer Olympics.
Measuring Success | Operational Alignment | Performance Management | Stakeholder Involvement | Strategic Thinking | Strategies and Actions | Strategy Execution
Strategy Execution is Key to Success
We’ve heard it time and again – the area where most companies fall short is in strategy execution. They spend countless hours up front planning and engaging their staff in providing solutions and getting their input on the key strategies. But then when they begin to implement them, they usually fall short of plan. Why?
Agile Decision Making Framework is Flexible
The answer is Yes, you can! The question is, can you use the Agile Decision Making Framework for anything besides strategic planning? The beauty of the Agile Decision Making Framework is that it can be applied to any type of project – even marketing and social media planning. The framework helps you focus your thinking…
Simple Planning Model for Small Businesses
A while ago I came across an article written by Noah Weiss for Medium.com (Nov. 2014), which describes a simple planning model he calls #now, #next, #later. In it he discusses a method for smaller businesses and teams to create effective action plans using what he calls “Priority Buckets”. As I read on, I realized…
Obamacare is Right Around the Corner
By Jeri Denniston, Denner Group International. September 27, 2013 Takeaways: Obamacare will impact individuals and business alike. Small businesses in particular face some unique challenges. National Federation of Independent Business offers information about the impact of the national healthcare reforms. Oct 1 kicks off the enrollment period for January 2014 implementation of Obamacare health insurance…
