Have a Plan That Works!
“Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail; take good counsel and watch them succeed.” - Proverbs 15:22
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. There is no focus! I often say – if you chase two rabbits, they will both escape.
When I assist businesses (and not-for-profit organizations) these days, I take them through a 4 to 5 hour planning process that asks these questions. From their answers we develop an actionable plan.
Here is the process you can apply:-
Where do you want to be in three years?
Do you want to grow by 10%, 30%, double your size, expand nationally or Internationally, even sell?
I will not accept “I want to stay where I am” – why?
1. They will soon move backwards and go out of business due to inevitable cost increases and loss of customers.
2. They will not action the plan anyway.
3. There will be no momentum, leading to complacency and eventually the organisation will die.
What are the barriers to achieving where you want to be in three years?
When you can list the barriers, then you will be able to start writing actions to address these. Later in this article we will deal with actioning these.