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Three Quick Ways to Improve Your Strategy-Making

Harvard Business Review

Last time I checked, competitors don’t wait for your annual strategy cycle to attack, customers don’t wait for your annual strategy cycle to shift their preferences, and new technology doesn’t wait for your annual strategy cycle to leapfrog yours. The up-front SWOT analysis. Writing a vision or mission statement.

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Strategic Planning Steps

CO2

Externally, examine societal trends, political implications, technological advancements, and competitive forces. Mission The mission statement is your statement of purpose. The mission statement does not describe the methods you use to accomplish your vision; it describes why you exist to accomplish the vision.