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Strategic Planning Exercises – Two Types of Structure, One Works

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There are a couple of different ways to apply structure to strategic planning exercises : You can enforce using templates and forms participants have to complete so their answers are uniformed and structured. This means there is no opportunity for productive collaboration to devise the plan.

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7 Collaborative Strategic Planning Process Impacts (Even if the Plan Sits on the Shelf)

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If your organization ’s strategic plan process comes together based on a few senior executives sitting in a room followed by a bunch of managers working alone in their offices, however, pulling the strategic plan notebook off the shelf is a HUGE metric for whether it’s successful. Contact us, and let’s book time to talk.

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7 Strategic Planning Process Challenges You Can Fix!

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These are just a few of the situations where we have helped organizations embrace a different type of collaborative strategic planning process. If you find yourself on this list, contact us and let’s talk before this year’s strategic planning season starts.

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How a Strategic Planning Process Impacts Communication Options

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We wanted a strategic target to align IT strategy and innovation initiatives to support the organization in realizing its overall vision. We instead used previous exposure, strategic thinking exercises with the IT team and others, and strategic business sense to describe what it seemed a corporate target would encompass.

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7 Ways a Strategic Plan Becomes Disconnected from the Business

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In the interim, here are multiple articles to start going deeper into creating a well-connected strategic plan: 8 Questions to Ask Before Launching a Strategic Planning Process. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 5 Questions to Test Vision Statement Impact. 4 Ways to Make a Strategic Planning Process Productive.

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Branding Strategy – 14 Articles on Engaging an Internal Brand Team

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Our content addresses collaborative ways to strategically engage employees in creating and delivering the best brand experience. We will introduce a new Brainzooming Fake Book soon that includes the exercises we will cover in the branding strategy workshop. Strategic Thinking Questions to Identify What Matters for a Brand.

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9 Big Strategic Thinking Questions to Start Addressing Now

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This time of year, preparing for upcoming strategic planning exercises may seem like something far in the future. Whether strategic planning is months away or close at hand, however, it’s always smart to get a head start tackling big strategic thinking questions that warrant in-depth consideration. – Mike Brown.