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How to Guarantee Your Strategic Plan Will Fail, and What to do About It (Part 2)
Hopefully, you tuned in last week when I shared three major mistakes most bankers make when strategic planning. If you missed it, click the link at the bottom of this email to watch it.
In this week’s video, I reveal the remaining four ways that banks set themselves up for failure.
Now that you know what NOT to do when it comes to strategic planning, you may be wondering what you SHOULD do.
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- Why almost every bank misses the mark with their mission and vision statements.
- How to “diagnose” your current plan and what to do to fix it, to ensure completion of all plan elements next year.
- What to do when your progress stalls. (Note: This little secret could be what saves your year next year.)
- A “blueprint” for an effective strategic plan.
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