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Keys To Success In Strategic Planning

by Gorman Houston | Jun 17, 2019 | Strategic Management

Strategic planning is a crucial part and parcel of business management practices. It allows a business to position itself strategically for success while guiding its prospects in the market. As a business owner, investing in organizational strategic planning enables you to set goals and priorities that will define your business’s market value. Successful strategic planning should focus on five important steps and areas.

Industry assessment The first important step to take is to assess market trends and the general flow of the industry in which the business has invested. The assessment should give you an overview of external forces that may be shaping the industry, including legislation, regulatory measures, competition, and general market trends. The insights developed can help you make decisions on how to realign your business for prospects.

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The next level in the strategic planning process should take you to conduct a comprehensive internal organizational review and evaluation. Evaluating your business’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) draws your attention to how well organized your business is its positives, and market potential. The strengths should be reinforced, the weaknesses worked on, the opportunities exploited, and the threats readily addressed.

Reviewing of organizational mission and vision The third level of strategic planning should take you to evaluate your organization’s mission and vision to determine whether the business has been competently operating in the market. Sometimes, due to market changes, an organization may need to realign its mission, vision, and values to adapt accordingly. Industry changes within your area of the investment may require you to make a few alterations in what your business stands for.

Setting goals and priorities After the internal and external assessment, it is essential to set goals and priorities on what to focus on in the short and long-term for your business to achieve the universal goal of sustainable operations. For instance, if industry changes and external analysis reveals that the market trend is being shaped by technology, then your business must set priorities of digitizing its operations.

Tracking progress Progress evaluation is a crucial aspect of strategic planning. In this regard, your business should focus on using relevant key performance indicators to assess its progress. The tracking of progress should be accompanied by various slight adjustments for optimal performance to be realized.

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