Define your strategy
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Strategic planning clarifies your long-term goals and the steps necessary to achieve them. Based on your business plan, a clear business strategy lets you envision where your company will be in the future—and provides you with a map for getting there.
What challenges are you facing?
Read the following and learn how to develop and implement a strategic plan.
Why is strategic planning important?
Strategic planning determines exactly where your organization is going over the next year or more and how it's going to get there.
Developing a strategic plan
A strategic plan is extremely important for creating a strong, growing and profitable business. It’s your roadmap for implementing and achieving your vision.
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Implementing a strategic plan
Implementation is a necessary step of the strategic planning exercise; a business that develops a strategic plan must expect to include a procedure for applying its plan.
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Evaluating a strategic plan
The evaluation and review of your strategic plan is an opportunity to take a step back, assess and evaluate the state of your business and industry.