1. Strategy

1. Strategy

All new planning years should begin with an up to date Strategic Plan.

However, most businesses skip this stage and jump straight into the doing, eg by preparing a new financial Budget – often because many business owners and leaders can feel overwhelmed with the strategic planning process.

Your Strategy will establish the overall direction of your business and define the actions, timelines and measures of success for everything else that you do to make your business successful, across all the other five Pillars: Customers, People, Finances, Operations and Structures & Risks.