Best 56 quotes in «strategic planning quotes» category

7 keys to getting more things done: 1 start 2 dont make excuses 3 celebrate small steps 4 ignore critics 5 be consistent 6 be open 7 stay positive

A future that will require Corporate held Emotional Intelligence

A good Purpose is not necessarily reached rather it is something that guides

A 3% budget increase is a timid goal in a business environment where timidity/ irresoluteness loses

Although some organizations today may survive and prosper because they have intu- itive geniuses managing them, most are not so fortunate. Most organizations can benefit from strategic management, which is based upon integrating intuition and analysis in decision making. Choosing an intuitive or analytic approach to decision making is not an either–or proposition. Managers at all levels in an organization inject their intuition and judgment into strategic-management analyses. Analytical thinking and intuitive thinking complement each other. Operating from the I’ve-already-made-up-my-mind-don’t-bother-me-with-the-facts mode is not management by intuition; it is management by ignorance. Drucker says, “I believe in intuition only if you discipline it. ‘Hunch’ artists, who make a diagnosis but don’t check it out with the facts, are the ones in medicine who kill people, and in management kill businesses.

A good idea is worse than a bad idea because you spend money on a good idea

All men can see these tactics Whereby I master; But out of which evolve profits None can see the character. Strategy without character Is the slowest route to profits; Tactics without strategy Is the noise before loses

A strategy is multi-dimensional planning, multi-team collaboration, and multitasking action.

A plan is not putting you in a box and forcing you to stay there. A plan is a guide to keep you on course, efficient, and safe.

Circular Strategy is comprehensive active management of strategy in a business

Circular Strategy allows for betterment

Consider your goal like a war to win and use whatever strategies you know to win

Consistency with the right strategic plan is the ultimate key to success. Yesterday's action would never make up for today's procrastination.

A “Wait and See” approach to an external factor is not strategic

Don't let emotions get the best of you. Knee jerk actions cause you to slip up and make the wrong move. People shouldn't always know what you're thinking. Observe, plan and prepare for the right moment to act. The element of surprise is one of life's biggest advantages. The best card you have is the one you have yet to play.

Creating a plan to bring in more business in a way that does not ultimately support your annual goals is fighting against yourself.

Do you understand that ‘soft skills’ are now the hard money answers?

Don’t live life anyhow, else you get anywhere. Plan your life somehow and you can get somewhere. A slow plan is better than no plan.

Develop your leaders into a competitive advantage. Reconnect your leader-power to success.

Do you want to talk to the man in charge or the people running the place? Because I am just the man in charge.

Every effective winning strategy is mapped out by focusing on the desired end goal.

Hiring should always be part of your long-term strategy, not a quick fix to an immediate problem.

Either you run the business, or the business will run you

If a business is underperforming, then the assumptions are wrong

Having a high ChEQ will allow businesses to achieve their strategic goals more easily

If you cannot tie your marketing efforts to actual dollars that the electric company will accept, it’s time to adjust your plan.

In his sovereignty, God looked down through history and specifically chose you to be the father of your child. He decided no one else could raise that boy or girl better than you. In all of history, there were no other guys better equipped to lead our children through this wilderness than you and I could. He’s put a lot of faith in us and he’s the ultimate strategic planner.

It is impossible for a business to not have a direction…you may as well decide it

Most of us fear change. Even when our minds say change is normal, our stomachs quiver at the prospect. But for strategists and managers today, there is no choice but to change.

Moves and countermoves are not quite strategic

Shop Blindness: I always wonder, if the dining room is that dirty, what is the kitchen like

If every day at work feels like a Friday, then you are doing what you were meant to do.

If your plan is not working, pivot. If it is working, do more of it!

Intended Strategy is shooting with a rifle not a shotgun

It takes those who uses telescope of faith to catch a spiritual vision. To see the invisible things of the Spirit you need the eyes of faith. Faith sees beyond the physical eyes. Live and walk by faith. Christianity is a faith walk. The substance and evidence is seen only with the spiritual eyes.

Picturing your own personal future helps you see what steps to take - or not - to get there.

strategic planning should be more about collective wisdom building than top-down or bottom-up planning.

Strategy is Circular it is not linear

Strategy should be measured: Return on Strategy Employed – RoSE

The brand I bought represents a company with a higher IQ but a lower EQ

The corporations that embrace Data Science will find their long-term, generational growth directly proportional to how effectively they incorporated data scientist teams into their strategic planning.

The problem with most strategic planning processes is they are not designed to create strategy. They are designed to create consistency and predictability.

Strategy is every employee, at all times

The bottom line was that it was an excellent Return on Human Capital Employed (RoHCE)

The goal of having a strategic document is very un-strategic

These actions all led me to create a simple Theory of Business Motivation

This process of breaking the old habits and making new ones requires strategic planning. Your vision is your why, while your strategic plan is your how. Even though the details are essential and knowing your numbers are important, it is the burning desire in your heart that will get you to the outcome you expect.

There’s enough money to be made in the centre of the court, why mess around the edges

The time to market yourself is all of the time.

Too many companies are afraid of openness, with the right people this isn’t an issue