Strat Plan Acronyms - Choosing Your Favorite, Pros and Cons
Description
Are you looking for a Third Growth Option ℠ ?
Strategic planning works best when you treat it as two jobs: setting the big vision and mapping the step-by-step path to get there. The right framework—whether EOS, OGSP, or the 1-2-3 process—can make the difference between plans that collect dust and plans that actually deliver results.
• Separate “where we’re going” (strategy) from “how we’ll get there” (execution)
• Bring 5–12 people who cover your customer, operations, and finance angles
• Communicate with the 3 I’s: inform → involve → inspire
• Line up quick wins first so you build momentum while bigger projects take shape
• Roll out with a crawl-walk-run pace—don’t sprint into burnout
• Skip the usual traps: fuzzy communication and impossible deadlines
What’s worked—or flopped—for you in strategic planning? Let’s swap notes.
Always growing.
Benno Duenkelsbuehler
CEO & Chief Sherpa of (re)ALIGN
United States
