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Strategic Planning Sequence Explained
Don't get lost in the details: The importance of keeping your strategic planning simple.
Strategic planning follows a sequence to identify key strategies that align with an organisation's vision, scenario planning and...
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Avoiding Wish List Strategic Plans
Accountability is Key: Make your Strategic Plan a plan, not a list.
The strategic plan is a key accountability document for the board and should include time frames, outcome measures, scope, time frames, project...
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Strategy Dictates Budget
Budget should follow strategy, not the other way around.
Strategy should not be limited by budget, but rather the budget should be set based on the chosen strategy.
It is important to consider alternative ways of...
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Focus on Key Strategies
Focus on the few: The power of prioritizing key strategies.
Strategic planning should focus on 2-4 key strategies, rather than trying to address too many at once.
These key strategies should help drive the company...
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Anticipating Change and Adapting
What's on the horizon?
Forecasting the strategic issues that will impact your organisation.
Envisioning the future: Key insights from senior executives and stakeholders.
Every few months, bring in executives or...
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Unpacking Vision for Strategy
Why Your Vision Statement Needs to Go Beyond Just Words
The most effective way to reach agreement on a vision and purpose is not to focus on specific words, but rather on the guidance and strategic conversations it...
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Tips for your Strategy review
Get the most out of your Strategy review with these tips.
A planning day or review of a strategic plan can be helpful for a board to have a more strategic board meeting.
It can also be a good opportunity to have...
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Clarify Agenda Items Ahead
Get Clarification Before the Meeting
A Smart Strategy for Directors.
Petitioning the Chair: A Way for Directors to Influence the Agenda
The Chair and CEO can hold pre-board meetings with directors to clarify agenda...
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Planning for strategic conversations
Elevate Your Annual Strategic Conversations with a Comprehensive Board Workplan.
A board work plan helps directors and senior executives plan strategic conversations, allowing them to consider the future of the...
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Key Ratios and Board Reporting
Board reporting: Going beyond pretty charts and graphs.
Translating ratios into actionable insights for directors ratios can be useful for understanding financial performance, but it's important to know the acceptable...
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Remind Directors of Purpose
Mission moments: Showcasing the difference your organisation makes.
Rabbit holes and murky conversations: Using your Vision to guide behavior.
Having a clear Vision Statement and a mission moment at the top of the...
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Time-Saving Tool: Consent Agenda
Maximize meeting productivity and streamline decision making with a Consent Agenda.
The Consent Agenda is a technique that separates papers for decision making, discussion, and information only.
Items worthy of...
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