Create a Plan that Resonates Using Buzz Sessions

By Heyden Enochson

Organization-wide Strategies
A very real concern we often hear from clients is creating a plan their organization resonates with. This is doubly true when an organization’s planning team is fearful the greater organization...

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A Pragmatic Approach to Leading with Your Core Purpose

By Heyden Enochson

Leadership & Strategy
In the words of Simon Sinek from his famous Start with Why Ted Talk, “People don’t care what you do, they care why you do it.” One of the pivotal moments...

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How to Refresh Your Strategic Plan

By Heyden Enochson

SMART Goals
With a new year approaching, you might feel like you’ve just completed your strategic plan. While it may be already Q4, the thought of completely redoing your strategic plan probably isn’t...

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Why Great Leaders Seek Conflict for Creativity

By Heyden Enochson

Leadership & Strategy
How does Google solve their most intricate and difficult design challenges? Five days of unbridled, deep, thoughtful conflict. But, it’s not conflict in traditional sense of the word. They leverage a...

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Goal Cascading 101: Create Strategic Objectives and Aligned Annual Goals

By Heyden Enochson

Strategic Objectives
One of the most frequent questions we’re asked is how to create strategic objectives and the aligned annual goals that serve as the backbone to an organization’s strategic plan. Not to...

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Who’s responsible for what? Structuring your strategic plan.

By Lorna Shepard

Measures Targets and KPIs
Creating a structured strategic plan is essential to the success of a planning process. But, creating responsibility at each level of the plan is absolutely pivotal to the success of a...

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How to Create a Vision Statement to Drive Your Future

By Heyden Enochson

Vision Statement
In our article about mission statements, we covered the basics on how to create a great mission statement and how to know you’ve got a winner. Vision statements often go hand-in-hand...

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Checklist for How to Write a Great Mission Statement

By Heyden Enochson

Mission Statement
One of our most received questions from our readers is “How do I write an awesome mission statement?” While that can be a loaded question, we thought we would break down...

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4 Expert Tips on Coordinating the Logistics of Planning Sessions and Retreats

By Heyden Enochson

Retreats
If there is one thing we’ve learned from nearly two decades of facilitating planning sessions and retreats, it would be you can never come too prepared. We’ve seen it all—technology failures,...

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Operational Meetings vs. Strategy Review Meetings: What’s the Difference?

By Heyden Enochson

Strategy Reviews
As expert planners, we’re often asked what the difference is between a strategy review meeting and the other types of meetings our clients commonly already hold. The short answer is these...

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