It’s not exclusively correct to say that success will never happen by accident, but lightning often does not strike twice. To achieve your professional goals, it’s not enough to have vision and hope for the best.
Certified FocalPoint Business Coach and Consultant Lisa Levesque will help you to develop the tools to create a strong plan through following the steps of the strategic planning process.
What is strategic planning?
As the name suggests, strategic planning involves careful analysis of all components involved in accomplishing a goal. We might determine our goal is to increase quarterly profits by 5%. That’s easy to say, but how will you do it? What kinds of systems need to be in place to achieve the goal? How much communication is required and to whom should it be addressed? What are some likely pitfalls and how will they be handled?
Planing ahead of time what to expect for most situations keeps a business moving forward with momentum instead of screeching to a halt in the face of setbacks. You will never foresee every complication, but identifying the common ones and having a strategy in place ahead of time will assist you in succeeding at the task.
What are the 5 Steps of Strategic Planning?
The goals may be unique, but the process remains the same for any goal.
- Determine your strategic position.
- Prioritize your objectives.
- Develop a strategic plan.
- Execute and manage your plan.
- Review and revise the plan.
Where are you going? Who’s involved? What will indicate that you have been successful and how will we quantify that success?
We’re not talking about subjective success or learning personal lessons along the way. While these milestones are invaluable, strategic planning is concerned with concrete, measurable goals in regards to the business’ performance and earnings.With Lisa’s help, you will experience personal and professional growth, but you will also learn about strategic planning, how to implement it, and how to use it to get results immediately.
How does a business coach help with strategic planning?
Business coaches like Lisa are experts in implementing these tried and true practices. The usefulness is near universal, and the applicable principles translate in any industry.
Lisa will work with you in identifying where you’re trying to go both as an individual and as an organization, and will help you develop the plan to get there. She will apply years of applicable expertise to advise and fine-tune the plan in real time so any potential pitfall or roadblock may be identified in advance and dealt with accordingly.
The know-how is not all you’ll get. Lisa’s there every step of the way to hold you accountable. It’s common to make a plan only to discard it when roadblocks are encountered. By putting in place a discipline to manage the plan throughout the year, you are less likely to be derailed by the unexpected.
A great plan needs no audibles called and should account for variances and curve balls. Lisa will hold you accountable to stick to the plan, or work to review and revise it when needed so it stays in place.
First step of the plan – call now!
Until you start taking steps towards the result, you’re not planning. You’re dreaming.
Turn those dreams into reality by contacting Lisa Levesque at 508-838-5355 or llevesque@focalpointcoaching.com!
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