How To Create a 1 Hour Business Planning Process

The word planning is built deep into our lives, and our world. From before birth, when you were ‘planned’

But, building a plan for your business with steps to reach goals are a must also. However, we all get busy and often avoid lengthy (boring?) business planning. It sometimes may just feel too overwhelming, and one person ends up late in the office with all the work.

So.. how about creating a process that makes sure you get all the necessary things checked, very fast — and with a plan that still works?

You can do that, and your team will love it too.

“Go out and buy yourself a five-cent pencil and a ten-cent
notebook and begin to write down some million dollar ideas for
yourself.” – B. Grinde

The plan outlined here may surprise you at first. If you are used to sitting in day long meetings, this will be a refreshing new way to look at your planning.

Here is the basic idea:

This is almost too simple. But, does it work… could it work for your organization?

Most planning processes are too complicated to be of much use in the real world. A better approach is to set aside one hour for developing your business growth plan and the strategy you want to use.

On a single sheet of paper, you want to answer the only three questions that count when it comes to planning growth in any endeavor:

1. Where do you want to go?

2. Where are you now?

3. How will you get from here to there?

Once you learn how to run a 1-hour planning session and produce a 1-page plan for growth, you’re then equipped with everything you need to
take your business to the next level again and again.

The process is breathtakingly simple:

You can learn more here. (you may even decide to buy the book)