IN THIS ISSUE:
Aligning Strategy with Operations
Simplified Strategic Planning Seminars
Securing Executive Benefits from Takeover or Bankruptcy
Customized workshops available
Web Bearings
Strategic Planning Resources
 
February - Featured Article
Aligning Strategy with Operations
Learn how important implementation of your strategy is to the overall success of your planning efforts and how integrating the plan with operations is critical to the process.

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February - Seminars
Simplified Strategic Planning for Small to Mid-Sized Companies
Simplified Strategic Planning for Small to Mid-Sized Companies

Let Us Show You How to Achieve Better Results Faster. (Companies Using This Process Average a 122.7% Profit Increase over Four Years.)

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A Two Day Seminar
to TURBOCHARGE Your Company
for GREATER SUCCESS!

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February - Guest Article
Securing Executive Benefits from Takeover or Bankruptcy
Discover an alternative to the traditional defined contribution plans that your company can offer when recruiting top executives.

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February - In-House Workshops
Customized one-day and two day workshops
Customized one-day and two day workshops can be presented for your company or association members. We can:
  • teach your team strategic planning from start to finish
  • re-energize your strategic planning process
  • help you refine and advance your existing strategic plan

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February - Web Bearings
Web Bearings
Most of us would love to know more about our markets, our competitors, our position in the market and why our products or services win or lose. In this column we explore 3 websites that promise to give us the tools to make us informed winners in our industry.

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February - Strategic Planning Resources
Visit CSSP for complete resources for all your strategic planning needs.

Use the links below.

Archive of articles
Bibliography of useful resources
Frequently asked questions about strategic planning
Our best-selling book, Simplified Strategic Planning - for Busy People Who Want Results Fast!
Strategic management self-assessment
Michigan State University seminars
In-house workshops
Dynamic strategy presentations
Full strategy facilitation
Back Issues of Course and Direction
For meeting planners
For associations
For educational institutions
Farewell

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