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Practical Strategic Planning is a pragmatic, proven, and highly cost-effective system for getting, and keeping, your organization ahead of the curve.  If you have a question that is not addressed in the FAQ below, please send it to jim@cfengineer.com

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  • What is Practical Strategic Planning?

Many organization's fail to realize their potential because their planning is incomplete, and/or, their practices are inconsistent with their plan.  Practical Strategic Planning is a straightforward, but comprehensive,  system for efficiently developing, executing, and monitoring an actionable strategy that is connected to the realization of an organization's Mission.

  • What makes Practical Strategic Planning different from other planning tools?

It is a complete system.  Practical Strategic Planning "touches all the bases" from defining the Mission to evaluating the progress. 

It is straightforward.  Strategic Planning can be so abstract and complicated that it cannot be readily implemented.  Practical Strategic Planning is a pragmatic, straightforward system that is easily learned and implemented.

It is inclusive.  Practical Strategic Planning includes key emplyees  of the organization.  In this way ownership is ensured and the probability of success is greatly increased.

It is dynamic.  Monitoring and feedback mechanisms are built in Practical Strategic Planning so problems can be identified and solutions implemented.  In this way Practical Strategic Planning is a planning engine that drives continuous improvement.

It is proven and practical.  Practical Strategic Planning is based upon proven management tools and more than 30 years of corporate experience.

  • How long does it take to put Practical Strategic Planning in place?

Practical Strategic Planning is highly structured and built around collaborative work groups.  These workgroups actually build the strategic plan as they learn the Practical Strategic Planning System.  In this way, Practical Strategic Planning is very efficient.  In most cases, an organization will have a complete strategic plan in 20-30 hours of work sessions.  These work sessions are conveniently segmented into discrete but cumulative  exercises that result in a comprehensive plan.

  • How does Practical Strategic Planning Work?

Practical Strategic Planning  is a structured system that utilizes collaborative workgroups of management and cross functional teams.  These workgroups are guided by proven facilitation techniques and collaborative planning tools.

The Practical Strategic Planning System contains four interrelated elements or steps.  Each element builds upon the previous one, and culminates in a comprehensive, actionable plan. 

CLICK on the links below to learn about each element

Step 1:  Define The Mission

Step 2:  Identify The Barriers

Step 3:  Create Barrier Busting Strategies

Step 4:  Evaluate, Communicate, Empower