Strategic Planning For Dummies

Part I: Laying the Foundation for Your Strategic Plan.

Chapter 1: What Is Strategic Planning Anyhow?

Chapter 2: Why Strategic Planning Impacts Your Growth.

Chapter 3: Getting Set Up for Successful Planning.

Part II: Looking Backward to Move Forward.

Chapter 4: Taking Lessons from the Past.

Chapter 5: Focusing on What You Do Best.

Chapter 6: Refining Your Mission, Vision, and Values.

Part III: Sizing Up Your Current Situation.

Chapter 7: Assessing Your Business and Its Capabilities.

Chapter 8: Seeing Your Business Through Your Customers’ Eyes.

Chapter 9: Assessing Your Strategic Position in a Dynamic Environment.

Part IV: Moving Your Organization into the Future.

Chapter 10: Growth: It’s Not Just for Kids Anymore.

Chapter 11: Finding New Customers.

Chapter 12: Establishing Your Strategic Priorities.

Part V: Creating and Making the Most of Your Plan.

Chapter 13: Putting Your Plan Together.

Chapter 14: Putting Your Plan to Work.

Chapter 15: Contingency Planning: Your Plan B.

Chapter 16: Planning Considerations for Entrepreneurs and Department Managers.

Chapter 17: Planning for the Social Sectors.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Keep Your Strategic Plan from Hitting the Shelf.

Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Ruin Your Strategic Planning Meeting.

Chapter 20: Ten Shortcuts to Getting Your Plan Done.

Index.