Posts Tagged ‘strategic planning consultants’

10 Tips for Implementing Your Strategic Plan

Wednesday, August 7th, 2024

Chess player achieving success. Surreal and conceptual scene of a tiny person standing on the top of chessboard among huge chess pieces. Overcoming obstacles, victory and business leadership metaphorAs I work with people on strategic planning activities—once we get over the initial resistance to strategic planning—one of the biggest barriers I find is concern about implementation. Too often implementation just doesn’t happen and organizations find themselves in an endless loop of planning without achieving measurable results.

Part of the problem, I believe, is that (more…)

The Problems With Many Strategic Planning Initiatives

Wednesday, June 26th, 2024

As I’ve worked within organizations and, for the past 15+ years as an external consultant, I’ve come to admit that most employees, including many senior leaders, really don’t enjoy strategic planning. I think one of the biggest reasons for this is that they see it as a waste of time. Lots of hours spent by lots of people in closed door meetings that lead to a laundry list of activities and assignments that rarely seem to drive meaningful change.

I’d get tired of that too. But I happen to really love the strategic planning process—when it’s done well.

Here are some reasons that I think many strategic planning efforts fail to capture the interest of employees (even senior leaders!), or lead to meaningful results.

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