It is essential to have a plan for your business, especially one which focuses on key aspects of the coming year. By now you should have a workable draft of your plan for growth in 2026.
It is good to have a plan, but will you take action and follow the plan and make it happen, or will you simply shelve it, having ‘ticked the box’?
It is so important when you have a plan to make it happen. To ensure its success, the process follows simple logic, along the lines of:
1. Keep the plan handy, be prepared to adjust it has circumstances change
2. Make sure you have a half or three-quarters prepared ‘Plan B’
3. Develop strategies to complete each step
4. Be sure you have enough resources
5. Set milestones at suitable intervals
6. Select your KPIs and monitor your progress against them
7. Review at pre-determined intervals
8. Celebrate notable successes
9. Keep moving forward and making progress
10. Try to exceed your plan, and make sure you have a basis of a five-year plan from which you can derive your next plan for 2027!
So, with Planning you need to be Taking Action, Monitoring, Reviewing, Celebrating and Repeating the Success! Good luck with exceeding your plan!
This is where the Salient Inspiration Programme can help, with peer mentoring, monitoring, reviewing and (gentle!) accountability.
Ask Andy for more details.