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Strategic Planning

What Strategic Planning Needs To Be
How Master Planning Can Help
How Master Planning is Transformational
Getting Ready to Plan — The Readiness Assessment
Finding the Golden Opportunities

 

Ten Tips for a Highly Effective Transformation

  • If it doesn't fit the plan, don't do it.
  • Don't neglect the interventions and inputs. They are integral to the process.
  • Learn how to do your own fishing.
  • Abandon silos.
  • Listen to the voice of the customer.
  • Team goals = individual performance measures.
  • Feed the plan continuously and you'll never need to create another strategic plan again.
  • Change is constant in the new economy. Embrace it.
  • Nurture the board's partnership in the plan.
  • Be willing to learn new skills and acquire new competencies.
 


 

Articles and Tools

 

Description: Master PlanningTM has its roots in a goal- and measurement-focused process called hoshin kanri. Hoshin-kanri emphasizes the voice of the customer and organizational alignment and concentration on resources to produce breakthrough strategies. It creates a simple-to-understand strategic roadmap that offers clear, measurable connections to daily operations.
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dDescription: This tool helps answer the questions of what membership, product, organization, etc. data we have, what data we need and where we can get it.
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Description: This tool is essential for conducting an environmental scan, beginning the planning process and identifying where there might be data gaps.
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