Monday Mentor

Enhance:

1. Action plans are those list of specific tasks and actions that support a key objective or goal. Without an action plan, goals and objectives become mere daydreams.

2. For each objective or goal, identify five to nine critical actions needed to accomplish the objective. These action items are the required action steps required.

3. Spread the action items across the year or the other period of time remaining to accomplish the objective. One of the bigger failure points of most strategic planning is to front load or back load all of the actions.

4. Assign action items to other team members, where appropriate. This is an area where technology can be a huge help. Using MS Outlook, create the task, assign it to someone in your group and create a follow-up date prior to the actual due date. This will provide you with a desktop reminder to see how the the person is doing with the action item and if they may need some additional resources.

5. Report and track progress toward completing action items, even if the overall objective is not yet met. This reporting is invaluable to make sure progress continues after the initial momentum of strategic planning has passed.

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