Philip Walcoff - "The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for ...

Philip Walcoff - "The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for Growth"Whether you manage a large company or a small one, share the plan with all of your employees. It willprovide them with a strong message that you have your act together, you know where you are going,and you know how to get there. It will also give them an insight as to how they can support theachievement of the stated objectives. Consider holding quarterly meetings so you can report on theplan's progress. For companies with several geographic locations, arrange visits to brief the teams in thefield.Preparing Mini-Implementation PlansAs a first step toward implementing your plan, develop mini-implementation plans. Each of these onepageminiplans lays out your strategy and actions for achieving each of the business plan's annualobjectives. Figure 10.1 presents an example of a mini-implementation plan for achieving 95 percentcustomer satisfaction. As illustrated, seven activities or tasks are identified to achieve the objective,along with projectedPage 145file:///C|/Documents and Settings/gasanova/Local Setti...orward_MBA_in_Business_Planning_for_Growth/e-book.html (158 of 219)16.02.2005 13:54:23