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Change Before You Have To – Set A New Course With a Strategic Plan

July 20, 2019 By //  by Jan Griffioen Leave a Comment

Judging by the stock market and the unemployment numbers, the economy is doing quite well. But some analysts are beginning to see some signs of a potential weakening. Are you ready?

When the economy is doing well, it’s only too easy to put the business on autopilot and ride the wave. But, is that the best thing to do?

You might be missing out on opportunities by taking a reactive approach.

Smart competitors in your market are not going to sit still. The business environment is highly dynamic. The spoils go to those firms that are actively looking for and creating new opportunities.

Change before you have to. Develop a strategic plan for your business.

Also, keep in mind that good times are not going to last forever. No matter what market you’re in, there’s always an up and down economic cycle. What are you doing to mitigate a possible slowdown? Can you turn that into an opportunity?

You can never afford to sit back and let it just happen. You have to take charge and develop a clear roadmap for achieving your business goals. This is why having a sound strategic plan is important.

What is happening in your industry right now? What’s going on among your customers, competitors, and suppliers? What trends are you seeing? What are the possible impacts, good or bad, on your business, both short-term and long-term?

Develop A Strategic Plan – Your Roadmap To Success

You must take the initiative and make smart decisions. Plan for the longer-term, but without ignoring the short-term.

Smart, proactive business leaders don’t wait for negative developments in the market before taking action. They don’t wait for the economy or the competition to force them to react.

Smart companies are aware of the dynamics in their industry. They find out what customers want and understand their own strengths and capabilities. They have deep knowledge of their competitors and what they’re up to. Smart companies lead. They make their own decisions and don’t follow the herd.

This is the difference between leadership and management, between strategic thinking and day-to-day operational, tactical management.

No doubt, operational management and execution are very important. The best strategy is meaningless unless skillfully implemented. But you won’t achieve success unless you have a sound, carefully thought-out plan for navigating through a very dynamic, competitive marketplace with demanding customers and smart, aggressive competitors.

Are you creating your company’s future? Do you have a strategic plan, a playbook, that clearly spells out which markets to pursue, how to differentiate from the competition, and why?

It’s important to develop a strategic mindset and start thinking in terms of ‘what if’. Make Strategic Thinking part of your company’s DNA. As a business executive, your main responsibility is strategic decision making, setting the direction, and defining goals and objectives.

A comprehensive Strategic Planning process forces you to take an outside perspective, gather information, find out what’s going on in the marketplace, and identify and assess the opportunities and threats. Strategic planning helps you to define the best path forward for your firm.

Strategic thinking is a mindset. Be bold, think big, and take charge of your company’s future.

Set a new course for your business with strategic planning

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