Course and Direction: July Issue: Competing with a Market Leader

In This Issue:
Competing with a Market Leader
Two Day Simplified Strategic Planning Seminar
Questions & Answers
One-Day Simplified Strategic Planning Seminar
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Strategic Planning Resources

July - Featured Article

Competing with a Market Leader
by CSSP, Inc.

CSSP illustrates how dominant market leaders can have weaknesses in their business model that you can turn into an opportunity for growth in your company.

July - Seminars

Minneapolis, MN October 12-13, 2006	Detroit, MI October 19-20, 2006	Milwaukee, WI October 19-20, 2006
Chicago, IL October 26-27, 2006	Lansing, MI November 9-10, 2006	Washington DC November 9-10, 2006
Las Vegas, NV November 16-17, 2006		Orlando, FL November 16-17, 2006

Company Presidents and CEOs attend free of charge when accompanied by one or more additional paid attendees.

Poor strategic planning is worse than no strategic planning. It can be a big waste of time and money. Even worse, it can lead to disaster. Avoid all this with Simplified Strategic Planning - a proven process to focus for superior performance without straining your resources.

Whether you've been doing strategic planning for years or starting from scratch, you can acquire a streamlined process for developing and implementing your strategy. In just one day at the Michigan State University seminar on Simplified Strategic Planning for Small to Mid-Sized Companies, you'll learn our time-tested methodology, which has produced outstanding results for thousands of companies from a wide variety of business types.

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July - Questions & Answers

Questions & Answers

This column is intended to answer common questions related to strategic planning and strategy in general. In each issue we will answer questions posed by seminar attendees, our clients and our readers. Please send your questions to Elizabeth Tidd, E-mail: simplifiedstrategicplanning@cssp.com ~ Mail: CSSP, Inc. P.O. Box 851 Ann Arbor, Michigan 06890-0851 ~ Fax: 203-255-9191.

We find it very difficult to determine our market share. Will this be a detriment to successful Strategic Planning?

We find five-year budgets to have little value. Is this really a necessary part of your process?

July - Events

One-Day Simplified Strategic Planning Seminar

Cleveland, OH
October 13, 2006

Raleigh, NC
October 27, 2006

Company Presidents and CEOs attend free of charge when accompanied by one or more additional paid attendees.

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July - Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Kenosha Area Business Alliance
Presenter: Dana Baldwin
Topic: Simplified Strategic Planning
Kenosha, WI
September 26, 2006

July - Strategic Planning Resources

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