Questions and Answers

Can we do strategic planning in a one-day retreat?

You can do strategic planning in a one-day retreat, but it probably won't be that good. In our experience, planning needs to be done in three meetings - a "pre-meeting" to organize your team's thinking around the research data needed for good decision making, the central "planning meeting" and an "implementation meeting" where you put nuts and bolts details on the who, what and when of your strategy implementation. We notice that people who skip the first meeting have far weaker data for their planning as well as poor team buy-in on the process, while those who skip the last meeting have poor follow through on their implementation. If this sounds like your company, you should call one of the CSSP professionals to see how we can put some teeth back into your planning.

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