The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP

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Category: Strategic Planning

Pick. Pace. Perform.

It’s been an incredibly busy time for my team and I recently as several clients are at some phase of their strategic planning efforts. Either they are gearing up for their planning retreats, they are working to implement their new plans, or they are identifying areas of their current plans that need modification.

The Greater Legacy

In facilitating a client’s strategic planning retreat recently, one the the board members, known for having a healthy ego, kept pushing for a legacy event that would carry his name.

Is It Time to Continue or Adjust?

As I’m writing this, we’re approaching the end of a fiscal quarter. Because of that, my team and I have been watching our key metrics and our dashboards to see how close to our plans and budget projections we are.

Know What You’re Talking About

On my return flight from a recent speaking engagement, I started talking with the gentleman sitting next to me as both he and I worked on our laptops. Roger was a senior level manager for a 250 person, defense contractor and was traveling to meet with his company's leadership team for an off-site management and strategy meeting.

Tell Me What You Want!

I don't know what to do. I'm struggling. One of my managers said to me the other day, 'I don't know what you want! Tell me what you want and I'll help you do it. We've got to stop running around like our hair's on fire.'

Use the Strategic Plan as a Daily Management Tool

Keep in mind, when you use the strategic plan as a daily management tool... The Vision is "The Big Goal." It's THE thing you are working to achieve together. The Mission explains what you do as an organization.

Quit Working So Hard

Are you exhausted at the end of every work day? Do you lay in bed at night worrying about how you're going to get everything done? Are you regularly trying to identify new ways to bring in more sales, increase business, or in some other way "get ahead"?

Planning for the New Year

The new year is almost here and it’s time to think about what you hope to accomplish as a business owner or manager in the new year.

If Zoop® is Valuable, Why Aren’t You?

I attended a conference yesterday and had the opportunity to hear Mark Sanborn give the closing keynote. Mark is an internationally acclaimed business speaker on leadership.

Bad, Better, Best

I talked with a former client this morning. When I asked how his business had fared the economic hardships of the past few years, he replied, "Well, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.