I like to think of a business plan as a road paved with good intentions. Without action, it can head south quickly. With an organized approach to implementation, however, your results can soar. Organized Implementation First things first. When you finalized your business plan for this year, did you take the next step of extracting all of your action steps from each of the eight facets (Financials, Products & Services, Marketing, Team Growth & Development, Sales Systems, Customer Retention, Technology & Equipment, and Office)? If you did, then the next step should have been choosing … [Read more...]