CORPORATE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN CORPORATE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN WORKSHOPWORKSHOPWhat It Offers … and How It Helps Your BusinessWhat It Offers … and How It Helps Your Business

Presented by Tim MeinhardtPresented by Tim Meinhardt  eXcellenceeXcellence

Growth, Profitability, Inspiration, CounselGrowth, Profitability, Inspiration, Counsel

Today’s Challenging Today’s Challenging Business Environment Business Environment

In today’s tough and fast-moving business In today’s tough and fast-moving business environment, there is less room for errorenvironment, there is less room for error

The ability to efficiently execute is, simply The ability to efficiently execute is, simply put, critical to successput, critical to success

Work Work onon Your Business … Your Business … Not Always Not Always inin Your Business. Your Business.

Many owners work Many owners work inin their business all the their business all the time time

Day-to-day activities can prevent them from Day-to-day activities can prevent them from creating and communicating a creating and communicating a comprehensive plan comprehensive plan

Managing under these conditions is like Managing under these conditions is like driving in unknown territory, without a map or driving in unknown territory, without a map or road signs road signs

Why Create a Corporate Why Create a Corporate Strategic Action Plan?Strategic Action Plan?

A well-conceived written plan …A well-conceived written plan …

Allows you to truly take control of your Allows you to truly take control of your company’s directioncompany’s direction

Helps you organize the efforts of your people Helps you organize the efforts of your people to achieve specific goals and objectivesto achieve specific goals and objectives

Optimizes your chances of achieving the Optimizes your chances of achieving the results from your investment that you need, results from your investment that you need, want and deserve want and deserve

Why Now?Why Now?

Today’s market challenges not only Today’s market challenges not only youryour business business but your but your competitioncompetition as well as well

As a result, you have a rare opportunity to do As a result, you have a rare opportunity to do more than survive: to emerge stronger than ever more than survive: to emerge stronger than ever when the market recoverswhen the market recovers

Creating and controlling to a strong strategic plan Creating and controlling to a strong strategic plan establishes specific goals and strategies for establishes specific goals and strategies for reaching themreaching them

Last but not least, your competition is planning — Last but not least, your competition is planning — and they are planning to put you out of business!and they are planning to put you out of business!

Every Business May Be Unique Every Business May Be Unique … …

But They All Share One Need. But They All Share One Need.

Regardless of what business or industry you Regardless of what business or industry you are in, the proper planning tools and skills are are in, the proper planning tools and skills are virtually the samevirtually the same

Creating and implementing a strategy to Creating and implementing a strategy to achieve specific business goals is a learned achieve specific business goals is a learned skill, but one that gets easier the more you do skill, but one that gets easier the more you do itit

Why Tim Meinhardt?Why Tim Meinhardt?

I am a successful owner, and have been in your I am a successful owner, and have been in your shoes shoes

I built (and later sold) the 11I built (and later sold) the 11thth-fastest growing -fastest growing company in D.C. (as rated by the company in D.C. (as rated by the Washington Washington Business JournalBusiness Journal in 1999) in 1999)

As a consultant, I’ve seen too many companies As a consultant, I’ve seen too many companies flounder without clear goals and strategies flounder without clear goals and strategies

Success starts with a good plan — and I’ve Success starts with a good plan — and I’ve produced results using the exact method I teach produced results using the exact method I teach in my workshopsin my workshops

My Philosophy: Teach Business My Philosophy: Teach Business Owners How to Fish! Owners How to Fish!

Improve your ability as an owner to run your Improve your ability as an owner to run your business according to a strategic action plan business according to a strategic action plan

Gain the confidence and know-how to Gain the confidence and know-how to proactively manage what you’ve worked so proactively manage what you’ve worked so hard forhard for

Best of all, acquire the skills and insight you Best of all, acquire the skills and insight you need to better control your destiny need to better control your destiny

What You’ll Learn in the What You’ll Learn in the WorkshopWorkshop

The basics of formulating a corporate strategic action The basics of formulating a corporate strategic action plan plan

The important but misunderstood differences between The important but misunderstood differences between goals and strategiesgoals and strategies

How to analyze Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities How to analyze Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats to gain market share … and avoid and Threats to gain market share … and avoid unpleasant surprisesunpleasant surprises

The importance of creating and using your own The importance of creating and using your own organizational chart organizational chart

How you can (and must) make changes and solve How you can (and must) make changes and solve conflicts related to your planconflicts related to your plan

What to Expect at Our What to Expect at Our Half-Day WorkshopHalf-Day Workshop

On site instruction for an owner(s) and On site instruction for an owner(s) and desired executive management desired executive management

Receive useful sample frameworks and tools Receive useful sample frameworks and tools you can take back to your company and use you can take back to your company and use immediatelyimmediately

Leave with the beginning of a general Leave with the beginning of a general framework of goals and strategies specifically framework of goals and strategies specifically geared to your organization, its challenges geared to your organization, its challenges and opportunitiesand opportunities

How You’ll Benefit Now … How You’ll Benefit Now … and in the Long Termand in the Long Term

Become a more empowered and satisfied Become a more empowered and satisfied owner owner

Boost motivation, efficiency and focus among Boost motivation, efficiency and focus among your employeesyour employees

Receive greater results from your investment Receive greater results from your investment now (and compounded results over the long now (and compounded results over the long term) term)

Follow-on Support for Follow-on Support for Controlling to Plan Controlling to Plan

I also offer additional assistance as you I also offer additional assistance as you master your new management methodsmaster your new management methods

I am available for conference call and emails I am available for conference call and emails during a 6-month period, for controlling a new during a 6-month period, for controlling a new plan plan

Other support services options are available Other support services options are available

Ready to Get Started? Ready to Get Started?

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