Insights
Notes on planning, roadmaps and follow-through.
Short, practical pieces on the part of strategy that usually goes wrong. Written for the people who have to deliver the plan, not just approve it.
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Why strategic plans stall in month four
The plan is not usually wrong. What fails is everything that was supposed to happen between the planning session and the first review, and it fails in a predictable pattern.
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Eight questions to ask before you hire a strategic planning consultant
Most selection conversations focus on the session and the price. These are the questions that actually predict whether you will have something usable a year from now.
More on the way
New pieces are published regularly. If there is a planning problem you would like written about, tell Mark and it may well become the next one.
Next step
Have a plan that has gone quiet?
That is a common place to start, and it is usually more fixable than it feels.