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Are You Aware Of The 3 Approaches to Strategic Planning?

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The following article — Time is Money: The 3 Different Approaches to Strategic Planning — was written by Gabriel Najera — Founder, Najera Consulting Group. Time is Money: The 3 Different Approaches to Strategic Planning. Who has the time do a strategic plan with so much work to do?”

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How Great Strategic Thinking Leaders Think. The Finale Says It All.

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Despite what many leaders believe, strategic thinking is NOT quantitative analysis – eg, generating sales forecasts – nor quantitative goals – eg, $100 million in revenues. While numbers are important in planning, true strategic thinking is qualitative. Strategic thinking is NOT the same thing as strategic planning.

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2015 Leadership Predictions:

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They must oversee strategic planning as a dynamic process, not an annual event. Most strategic plans are not really strategic. Many leaders create annual plans that extrapolate from the past and focus on eliminating current problems (aka “problem solving” ). Problem predicting (over problem solving).

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7 Leadership Questions That Will Move Your Needle in 2016

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BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” The best definition that I seen is that a BHAG is a statement of strategic intent. A bigger, bolder, more powerful outcome than goals with a target timeframe of 10 – 30 years from now. QUESTION 2: For what purpose ….?

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Real Leaders Become Awakeners

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The goal of a leader as coach is to improve the behavior of his/her team. If you are like most leaders, you use a top-down approach in planning or envisioning your future. What if … with your next strategic plan, you instead take a bottoms up approach, using the holographic principle? Every role is important.

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Re-Imagining New Leadership Possibilities in 2014:

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Vision statements, mission statements and strategic plans in many companies reduce to mere academic exercises with no real value in driving an organization forward. Big, bold goals are actually easier, more fulfilling and a heck more exciting to achieve than small goals. Strong visions must also be strategically sound.