Course and Direction: October Issue: If you can't Beat 'em, Join 'em

In This Issue:
Two Day Simplified Strategic Planning Seminar
A Reassessment After Hurricane Katrina
One-Day Simplified Strategic Planning Seminar
Strategic Planning Resources

October - Featured Article

If you can't Beat 'em, Join 'em

Various options of working with or in China rather than competing against China are considered. It may be best to look at China as an opportunity rather than a threat.

October - Seminars

Two Day Simplified Strategic Planning Seminar

Plymouth, MN
October 13-14, 2005 Cleveland, OH
October 13-14, 2005 Troy, MI
October 20-21, 2005

Chicago, IL
October 27-28, 2005 Philadelphia, PA
October 27-28, 2005 Lansing, MI
November 10-11, 2005

Orlando, FL
November 10-11, 2005
Wyndham Palace

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

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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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October - Guest Article

A Reassessment After Hurricane Katrina

By Joseph G. Carson

The US economy's basic strength, coupled with the federal government's expected policy response, should limit the macroeconomic fallout from the hurricane. But one of the unintended consequences of the reconstruction effort could well be more inflation, especially in prices for construction materials and supplies, and possibly labor.

September - Events

One-Day Simplified Strategic Planning Seminar

Milwaukee, WI
October 21, 2005

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

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September - Strategic Planning Resources

Visit CSSP for complete resources for all your strategic planning needs.
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Frequently asked questions about strategic planning
Our best-selling book, Simplified Strategic Planning - for Busy People Who Want Results Fast!
Alignment for Implementation
Elements of Innovation
Simplified Strategic Planning in Action
Strategic management self-assessment
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Dynamic strategy presentations
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