August 1, 2007

Execute! Implement Your Plan Successfully
Learn how to successfully implement and manage performance of your strategic planning efforts with the new execution module of MyStrategicPlan. Join us as Erica Olsen, author of Strategic Planning for Dummies and developer of MyStrategicPlan, discusses using the new execution module for optimal results in your strategic plan execution.
DATE:
Wednesday, August 22nd
TIME:
12 p.m. Eastern
11 a.m. Central
10 a.m. Mountain
  9 a.m. Pacific
COST:
Complimentary
DURATION:
45 minutes
REGISTER:
Please join us by registering here.

Putting All The Pieces Of Your Strategic Plan Together
Over the past month in this space, we have discussed the key elements of successful strategic planning. In addition to analyzing your strategic position and defining strategic objectives according to the Balanced Scorecard framework, we have talked about creating an environment that connects your employees to the organization's mission, surrounding yourself with the right people with the right competencies and skills, securing sufficient funding and time to support your efforts, and setting structures of management, authority and communication.

A strategic plan is a valuable management tool that serves the purpose of helping an organization do a better job because it focuses the energy, resources and time of everyone in the organization in the same direction. For all that we have already discussed, sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words. Hence, the graph below which aptly demonstrates how each of the elements we discussed must all work together for your success.

Having a strategic plan and a succinct strategy brings clarity and focus to your organization. It ensures that your time, resources, and actions aren't wasted. If every part of your organization isn't pointed in the same direction, you can end up going in circles and frustrating yourself and your employees. Why not get strategic now?

STRATEGY CHECK: