Good planning processes will make thinking about the future exciting. Not because you’re sugar-coating things. Just the opposite: You are raising issues and inviting your leaders to address them. People want to contribute and they want to succeed. Planning provides the blueprint. Exposes blind spots – We all have blind spots.
When the right plan is designed for the right team, assigning tasks to the team members can be done quickly and confidently. 5. Time for revising and updating the plan Effective plans are revised and updated regularly.
Since you can’t do it all, planning brings clarity to who will do what by when in order to deliver the greatest impact. Uncovers new ideas and areas for growth and improvement – Value is determined outside your company by your customers and prospects. If you can’t answer “Why us?” don’t expect the market to know.
Good planning processes will make thinking about the future exciting. Not because you’re sugar-coating things. Just the opposite: You are raising issues and inviting your leaders to address them. People want to contribute and they want to succeed.
Planning provides a structured way to talk openly about issues that affect performance. Motivates your team and increases their value – Once you and your team start talking about possibilities, you’ll discover a new level of energy in the room. The future can be intimidating or it can be exciting. It’s your choice.
Strategic planning season is upon us. For organizations whose fiscal year ends December 31, the period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving is prime time for planning. Vacations are over and there’s enough data from the current year to factor into your thinking about programs, people and budgets for the year ahead.
Those who are successful have planned ahead, finding many benefits, including the following six points. 1. Assessing risks and opportunities. Taking risks is necessary for growth, expanding the comfort zone, and achieving success. Planning ahead gives us confidence to take the risks that others may not take and so it moves us ahead without worrying ...
Planning ahead helps you become proactive. By becoming proactive, you will be able to take the right action in the face of challenge and adversity. As a result, you welcome change because you are ready for any type of challenge. When you are proactive, you respond to situations rather than reacting to them. 3.
Planning ahead helps you and your organization become assertive in taking risks and saying no to either conservative or aggressive approaches. 2. Becoming proactive. Without proper planning we would not be ready to respond to challenges. Hence we become reactive. Planning ahead helps you become proactive.
Planning ahead gives us confidence to take the risks that others may not take and so it moves us ahead without worrying about competition. Leaders who are not willing to take risks may never fulfill their vision and their success may be short lived.
Team development is vital to success, projects, and the organization as a whole. Teams suffer without plans. Unfortunately, many organizations do not plan for team development. After a while, teams experience internal and external conflict, which results in confusion, low productivity, less creativity, dissociation and failure. By planning ahead, you and the team leaders in your organization will have enough time to develop your teams. When the right plan is designed for the right team, assigning tasks to the team members can be done quickly and confidently.
In his book, Encore Effect, Mark Sanborn noted, “Thorough preparation creates tremendous performances.” In fact, there is a direct correlation between the level of your preparation and the level of your performance. Routine plans and preparation lead to routine performances. Good plans and preparation lead to good performance. Remarkable plans and preparation lead to remarkable performance.