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Unlocking the Power of Long Term Strategic Planning

Name: Unlocking the Power of Long Term Strategic Planning
Uploaded: 2024-12-02T23:35:29+00:00
Duration: 1 min 57 s
Channel: Francis Wade
Description: In this segment, the speaker addresses listeners who are already inclined toward or committed to long‑term strategic planning. He emphasizes that…

2 Dec 2024 · 2 min

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In this segment, the speaker addresses listeners who are already inclined toward or committed to long‑term strategic planning. He emphasizes that planning is a means to achieve lasting results, not an end in itself. When organizations lack such planning, the speaker notes a cascade of missed outcomes and highlights the speaker’s willingness to speak up despite facing resistance. He describes typical objections—especially in for‑profit and nonprofit settings—where some argue that setting goals is sufficient and that ongoing planning is unnecessary. The core message is that a clear "true north" provides direction and inspiration, and that persisting in advocacy, even when leadership seems unmoved, is essential for embedding long‑term strategic focus.

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And I imagine that if you've listened this far and you are going to continue listening, that you're already someone who is tending towards having an effective long-term strategic plan in your organization, that you, you, you're at least curious and maybe you're extremely committed. But the point is not just to have the plans. You want long-term results, and you see planning as a means to accomplish these results. And when that planning doesn't take place, several things happen— don't happen as a result. But you see yourself as someone who you're willing to speak up and to say something about the lack of long-term strategic planning. And you're willing to advocate for it even though, you know, you're up against, you know, some degree of intransigence. There's probably some opposition, some people who say all kinds of things about long-term strategic planning. In the case of— if you're in a for-profit business, if you're in a nonprofit, there might be some who just say we just need to set the goals and forget them. Um, but at the end of the day, you, you want the, the direction and the inspiration that comes from having a true north, from having a long-term commitment. Um, and no one— you've tried to convince people, you've tried to have conversations outside of the ones who already believe, you know, your colleagues who are on your side, so to speak. And when you have these conversations, it doesn't seem as if the needle is really moving in the minds of those who lead the organization. So you, you, you speak to them, you, you know, you, you track