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Be more strategic: Top-down or bottom-up, marketing and sales integration and property marketing

Red Star Kim

In early December we welcomed 15 delegates to a PM Forum “Be more strategic” workshop. The workshop covered strategic thinking, business strategy and marketing and business development (MBD) strategy. See also integrated-business-planning-oct12.pdf

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Be more strategic – A metaphor: Analyse, join and align the dots

Red Star Kim

Find time to conduct analysis and think Block regular time (e.g.

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Thinking about starting your own business? Here’s what to know

ACT

Here are a few helpful tips for starting your own business and finding a path to success. Outline your business plan One of the most common mistakes new entrepreneurs make is to start a business without a concrete business plan. Moving forward without a plan could set your business up for failure.

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Linking Budget to Strategy Virtual Event Recap

ClearPoint Strategy

Shawna Davis, Budget and Performance Analyst, shared that Olathe has a 20-year strategic plan in place with an organizational scorecard. This serves as the anchor between the operations budget and strategy, as well as the backbone for department business plans and performance measures that help them gauge success.

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Strategy Software For Business Planning: ClearPoint

ClearPoint Strategy

Turn your business plans into a well-formed strategic plan with ClearPoint. Is your organization currently guided by a patchwork of short-term departmental business plans rather than an overall strategic plan? ClearPoint users are more likely to: Think intentionally about the future.

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Be more strategic – PESTLE, Positioning and Plans

Red Star Kim

Specifically, a M&BD team may need far more detailed plans than fee-earners who will prefer a high-level summary showing the main actions required. Planning resources: Why do you need a business plan? Marketing planning in a nutshell – simple and complex plans (kimtasso.com).

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Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

Red Star Kim

This one is equally helpful for experienced leaders and students first grasping the principles of strategic thinking. The author clarifies the strategic process while guiding the reader through it to create a new strategic mindset. He’s clearly an advocate for scenario planning.