Team-Based Strategic Planning: A Complete Guide to Structuring, Facilitating & Implementing the Process

"Strategic planning is a critical part of running a business, but when you get a team of people together to plan, it can often become a confused exercise in grand visions without a clear process for establishing workable goals. This book is unique in providing both guidance for the actual content of strategic plans and techniques for how to plan in a team context. Readers will discover how to:

* structure the process so it custom fits their company needs

* effectively facilitate the process (keep meetings on track, train others in planning skills, document decisions made at meetings, present and communicate the plan)

* use teams and teamwork smoothly and productively to create a far-reaching plan -- and then to implement it

Features detailed guidelines for each step, dozens of flowcharts, and three self-contained ""facilitator's guides"" to follow."