Books For Leaders : Strategic Planning Suggested Books

Top : Books For Leaders : Strategic Planning Suggested Books - Strategic planning is a key element with respect to leadership because it involves the creation and identification of an inspiring vision, common values and goals. One of the functions of leadership is to attend to vision and goals. Here are some selected books on the topic of strategic planning.

Strategic Planning For Leaders

While managers sometimes involve themselves in the strategic planning process, there's no question that LEADERS must be heavily involved in developing, formulating and implementing strategic plans and initiatives, often for the entire organizations. Long term thinking and planning is part of the leadership puzzle, taking into consideration, things like competition, mission, values, environmental considerations and much more.

Further, when leaders are in high level positions in the C-Suite, the importance of being part of the strategic planning process is magnified. After all, if executives are going to steer the ship, they need to move beyond tactics, and short term focus, to looking at the longer term.

Here you'll find views on the strategic planning process.

Strategic Planning Learning Resources For Leaders:

!An Integrated Strategic Planning Model HelpCard

By Robert Bacal - An Integrated Strategic Planning Model Helpcard maps out the steps in the strategic planning process. What's different about an INTEGRATED model is that it brings together strategic and tactical planning under one umbrella, so that strategic plans can be USED to make day to day decisions. (Added: 25-Mar-2002 Hits: 714 )

!Making Strategic Planning Work Help Card

By Robert Bacal - Making Strategic Planning Work offers a number of suggestions to help you ensure your strategic plan becomes a dynamic document that can be used to make everyday decisions. If strategic planning is to be useful, it must result in an understanding of how strategic direction links to the everday decisions made by EVERYONE in the organization. This card teaches you the essentials of doing this. (Added: 25-Mar-2002 Hits: 686 )

Applied Strategic Planning: How to Develop a Plan That Really Works

By Leonard Goodstein - Written by three top consultants and trainers ...shows managers and CEOs a clear, totally effective way to identify and implement strategic objectives. Applied Strategic Planning surpasses other strategic planning models in many key areas, including: Emphasis on organizational culture Integration of business and functional plans Performance audits Gap analysis Values clarification Goodstein, Nolan, and Pfeiffer take managers through all phases of the strategic planning process (Added: 25-Mar-2002 Hits: 801 )

High Impact Tools and Activities for Strategic Planning

By Rod Napier - Not just another book on the theory of strategic planning, here are dozens of recipes for creative group activities to facilitate strategic planning in any organization. Designed for use by consultants, facilitators, and management team leaders, step-by-step instructions included. (Added: 25-Mar-2002 Hits: 764 )

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