Season 3 ∨
Episodes
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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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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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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Strategic Planning with Scenarios
Forward thinking: How scenario planning can help your organisation plan for the future.
Scenario planning should be a key part of good strategic planning as it helps organisations to focus on their vision and consider...
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Continuous Strategy Review
The key to staying relevant: Ongoing strategic planning.
Strategic planning is an ongoing process that should be regularly reviewed and updated.
It should be discussed at board meetings and involve input from staff...
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Strategy Creates Future
Making a difference: The purpose of strategy.
Strategy is about creating the future and making a difference, not just an exercise.
It involves considering possible futures and continually working towards them with...
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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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Vision Statement: Driving Force
The power of purpose: Your Vision Statement as a guide.
A vision statement helps to guide future planning by considering what the desired future outcome is and what needs to be done to achieve it.
Scenario planning...
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Operating Plan Activates Strategy
Mastering the art of strategy: Three key elements for success.
There are three important elements in a long-term strategy: a vision or purpose, a strategic plan, and an operating plan.
The board is responsible for the...
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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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