Are you struggling to reach your marketing objectives and get the business results you want and need from your people?
- Does it sometimes seem that the more people you have working for you, the more you have to do yourself?
- Is every change you make resisted?
- Are you having trouble eliminating the urgent so you can work on what’s really important – like reaching your marketing objectives?
- Do you find yourself so caught up in today’s challenges that you can’t focus on what’s important?
- Do you have so much to do already that you just don’t have time to train your people or develop good systems and processes?
- Are you ready to move beyond management to leadership, and to fulfil your potential, as well as that of your team and your organisation?
Have you discovered that running your business isn’t quite as easy as it sounded when you first started out?
- Do you struggle to keep your team focused on the main game and YOUR goals?
- Do others understand and embrace your vision? Or are they just resisting it?
- Are you struggling to attract enough clients or customers to support your business growth and reach your marketing objectives?
- Are you too busy with day-to-day issues to fine tune your marketing program to match your marketing objectives, let alone embrace and capitalise on new online marketing strategies?
Well, you’re not alone … and you’ve come to the right place!
Hi, I’m Kerrie Mullins-Gunst, Principal of KMG Consulting. And yes, there are proven, effective ways you can lead your people, and your business, to exceptional results.
When you use them, you’ll enthuse people, inspire change and succeed as a leader and as a business person with a lot less struggle and effort. Your team will embrace your marketing objectives and vision for business growth. Your ideal clients and customers will find you without you constantly needing to pursue them.
Since 1993 I’ve worked with people just like you to help them identify and implement the most effective business marketing objectives and leadership development strategies so their business grows.
And I’d love to show you how to get great results out of all the people you lead.
So here’s what you should do next…
First, collect your copy of my free Leadership Resources Pack - waiting for you right now, with my compliments.
Second, have a look through the range of Services offered by KMG Consulting to see just some of the different ways we can help you develop a successful business strategy, reach your marketing objectives and grow your business by developing leadership in your people.
Effective Strategic Planning
The process of strategic planning is probably one of the most powerful tools available to an organisation, department or team. When a group work together to develop a plan they carry a strong commitment to implementing it away with them.
Yet too many people have had poor experiences with strategic planning sessions which fail to reach decisions, or where communication problems, dominant personalities and internal politics prevent constructive interaction.
There is a lot written about strategic planning, but much less on how to ensure your strategic planning session is effective.
What makes Strategic Planning Effective?
A successful and effective strategic planning session needs to:
Achieving all these outcomes, as well as generating a sound strategic plan, is more likely with independent, professional facilitation. A good strategic planning facilitator brings structure, an impartial perspective and useful expertise, experience and feedback.
Experience shows that when your strategic planning session is run by a team member the most likely outcome is a long staff meeting, with all the inherent dangers of entrenched positions, ‘group think’ and resistance to change.
An experienced facilitator who is expert in the strategic planning process can guide your group to a successful outcome by introducing new approaches and helping participants think creatively about problems, issues and opportunities.
By keeping discussions focused, on track and on time, and ensuring all voices are heard, key decisions are taken in a positive way, making sure your strategic planning is most effective.
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If you are uncertain whether to use an external facilitator for your meeting, or you need to convince someone else to use one, have a look at our Free Fact Sheet ‘Why Use a Facilitator?’
(More ideas on how you can facilitate effective strategic planning in the Quick Tips below.)
Strategic Planning Facilitation Quick Tips
Involve your facilitator in designing your planning session. Their experience with many other groups offers valuable insight and new perspectives into what will be most effective in achieving your goals for the planning process.
A competent and experienced facilitator will have the flexibility, skills and ability to guide your group to its ultimate objective via a range of different paths. Encourage and empower your facilitator to modify planned activities in response to the group dynamic on the day.
Consider using an external strategic planning facilitator for other important meetings such as project debriefs, incident reviews, evaluations sessions, change implementation programs, employee forums, community or customer consultations and leadership programs.
…And Call us on 03-9859 3924 to discuss how we can help make your next strategic planning workshop your most effective yet!
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