Strategic Planning

Competition.  It drives our economy and it drives our companies.  We compete for customers.  We compete for market share.  We compete for recognition.  We compete for resources. We compete with ourselves.  The competition is intense. It is never ending.  A company without a plan, a company without a strategy, is a company without a future.

Strategic planning is a process, not an event.  It is the creation of a clearly defined set of actions that are based upon objective analysis of the current and expected business environments along with the goals, opportunities and threats that clarify where the organization is today and where it will be going, or can go, over the course of the next year or more.  It serves to focus the organization and its resources on the actions that support achievement of its real objectives while helping it avoid becoming distracted by new “opportunities” that come up along the way. It is a fact that a marginal product with a great strategic plan will outperform a great product with a bad plan every day of the week.

 The Leathers Milligan team of strategic planning consultants can work with your organization to introduce, manage and integrate strategic planning into your culture. Our consultants can design and manage all pre-planning activities including the preparation, distribution and compilation of pre-planning research and surveys and construct the agenda and facilitate the formal strategic planning session(s). Upon completion of the session(s), the Leathers Milligan consultants can summarize the session notes, communicate goals and objectives to the organization’s stakeholders, lead action planning meetings and conduct regular action plan follow up meetings with key staff to assure actions are completed and that the strategic plan becomes the driving force in your culture—that everyone is pursuing the same goals and that your plan does not end up as just another notebook on a shelf somewhere.  Your strategic plan can be your best competitive advantage and Leathers Milligan can help you develop the plan that maximizes your opportunity.  We can help you and your team articulate where you want to go, understand why you want to go and identify the path that will get you there.