Strategic Planning Manual
The following is the preliminary Table of Contents for the Strategic Planning Manual. The final version may be somewhat different.
1 Getting Started with Strategic Planning
1.2 Breaking the Firefighting Habit and Manifesting Your Dreams
1.3 Creating and Using Bandwidth
1.4 The Personal Leadership Challenges of Strategic Planning
2 The Principles of Strategic Planning
2.1 Strategic Planning, Coherence and Organizational Vitality
2.2 Marketing and Strategic Planning
2.3 Leveraging Your People
2.5 Strategic Planning and Control
2.6 Strategic Planning and Stages of Business Growth
2.7 Strategic Planning and Business Design
2.8 Strategic Planning, Retirement & Succession
2.9 Strategic Planning and Organizational Change
3 Strategic Planning Process Overview
4 Vision – Defining the Desired Reality
4.1 Mission, Vision and Values
5 Data Gathering – Understanding the Current Reality
5.1 Gathering Data From Employees
5.2 Gathering Data From Customers
5.3 Assessing the External Environment
6 The Offsite Planning Session – Setting Strategic Priorities
6.1 Offsite Planning Session Objectives
6.2 Where to Hold an Offsite
6.3 Typical Schedules and Agenda
6.4 The Offsite Step-by-Step
6.5 Adding Emotional Impact to the Offsite
7 Creating Operating Plans – Blueprints for the Future
7.1 Closing the Loop After the Offsite
7.1.1 Announcing the Vision
7.1.2 Laying Out the Strategic Objectives
7.1.3 Sharing the Feedback Data
7.2 Setting Up a Leadership Team
7.3 Forecasting and Budgeting
7.4 Operating Plan Structure
8 Individual Performance Planning – Creating Commitment
8.1 Desired Outcomes of Individual Performance Planning
8.2 Overview of Approaches
8.3 Internal Customer Feedback
9 Continuous Strategic Planning
9.1 Working on the Business
9.2 Monthly Leadership Team Meetings
9.3 Internal Project Planning and Management
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