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Strategic Planning Pitfalls

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Avoid these six pitfalls as you create your organization’s strategic plan. As you look at your organization’s strategy and your current strategic planning process, it’s critical to understand there are some really large pitfalls out there that you can fall into. First, do you lack a clear direction?

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Avoid These 5 Strategic Planning Risks

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Create better strategic plans by avoiding these five common mistakes. Strategic planning takes a lot of time and energy. Here are some warning signs that you can look for to determine if your strategic planning process is flawed. Please click the article headline above or go to [link] for more.

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Understanding the Principles of Strategic Planning

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Learn about the three principles of strategic planning and how they can focus your efforts. What is a strategic plan, and why is it important? A strategic plan defines what your organization stands for. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.

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4 Strategic Planning Traps and How to Avoid Them

The Practical Leader

I recently had a call with a CEO about facilitating a strategic planning retreat this fall with 15 of their top leaders. Looking at the fairly typical approach they’ve used before, four common strategic planning problems immediately popped out: The agenda was loaded with about 17 reviews and updates.

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How frequently does your organization reassess and renew its strategic plan?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How frequently does your organization reassess and renew its strategic plan? More than once a year 15.45% Once per year 40.16% Once every 2-3 years 17.37% Once every 4+ years 13.51% What’s a strategic plan? Please click the article headline above or go to [link] for more.

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Leadership Support: How Do I Get More Executive Attention?

Let's Grow Leaders

To get better executive leadership support, ask for what you need. You have lots of great reasons to want better leadership support for your team. An executive visit can really help provide strategic context and reinforce important priorities. How do you ask for the leadership support you need without looking needy?

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How frequently do you update your strategic plan?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How frequently do you update your strategic plan? We refresh more than once per year—13% We update it annually—43% We update every couple of years—19% We rarely refresh it—12% What’s a strategic plan?—13% —13% Regular strategy review.