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Strategic Plannng Process

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Across the top of the table you will find categories applicable to businesses. There are 13 categories in total and they include Financial, Future, Goals-Direction, People, Performance, Planning, Products/Services, Profitability, Revenue, Structure, Team and Training.

Down the left-hand side of the table are Life Stages of an organization. They include Survival (Birth), Infancy, Child, Adolescence, Maturity, Aging, Retired, Graying and Death.

Read each category description and select only ONE box in each category that best describes your current status. The result will help you better understand the current life stage of your organization.

Financial Condition

Future

Goals-Direction

People

Survival (Birth)	Enough money to get started Waiting for checks to come in to pay company bills	Enthusiastic about the opportunity Challenged, once started, to see beyond tomorrow	To have their own business To do whatever it takes, just to survive	One or two people The results are a direct reflection of effort
Infancy	Operating on a shoestring budget Challenged to finance the growth	Operates on a week-to-week basis Future looks encouraging	Goal is to keep the customers satisfied, doing whatever it takes to keep them coming back Get new clients	People are added only after the person is stretched beyond full capacity, and more People added, and they wear many hats
Child	All bills are covered and extra cash left Owners can be paid along with staff with no worries	Operating on a monthly basis Increased belief in the growth of the company's future	Continue to get new clients Controlling overhead while meeting growth needs	Balancing addition of people with managing growth People are getting more focused on specific tasks as opposed to handling everything
Adolescence	Budget is in place Credit line is established to finance growth	Encouraged that there is a long and bright future Future paved with growth	Goals are established to grow the business Easier to achieve	Promoting people and adding additional staff People have more of a single focus Challenged to find enough of the right people
Maturity	Budget is in place Consistent financial management for controlling cost Adequate funding	See continued existence of company Enjoy the security of the business	Goals are established Assumption that goals will be accomplished	Adequate staff is available Workforce is stable
Aging	Budget is tight Finances are managed tightly and are very controlled to reduce costs Adequate funding	Prospects for growth are slim Sustaining mode versus growth	Goals are set to maintain Press to achieve the goals	Layoffs occurring Staff shrinkage through attrition Loss of quality people to the competition
Retired	Budget on essential needs only Financial strain to pay expenses Creditors are applying pressure for payment	Business is fighting for survival It appears there is no future for the business	Goals are set but not achieved Discussion of goals and results is very painful	Layoffs continue to occur Operating on a skeleton staff
Graying	Cutting as much cost as possible Pressure from creditors for payment or shutting off services Relying on the credit line for cash flow	It is known that the company is coming to an end There is no belief in a future	Goals are set with no belief that they will be met Departments are out for their own agenda, not the company's	Good people have already left Those who are there are wearing multiple hats Low motivation level of staff
Death	Company is forced to file for bankruptcy or sell for minimal value	There is no future for the organization	Goal is to get value out of whatever they can in assets, client lists, etc.	Typically the owners are the only ones remaining

This first section contains categories Financial, Future, Goals-Direction and People.
Go to the next page for categories Performance, Planning, Products/Services and Profitability.

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