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Hedley Basford Management Consultants

Business Strategy and Planning

BENEFITS FOR YOU: Clear sense of purpose and direction throughout the company. Greater probability of achieving goals and sustaining the long-term viability of the business. Become responsive to the unexpected.

ACTIONS: Define your objectives. Agree the strategy. Create and communicate the vision. Develop and implement the business plan. Monitor performance.

Business Strategy and Planning

Our business consultants help companies to clarify and reach consensus on their business objectives. We explain why it is important to differentiate strategy from vision. All too often the vision is never stated or understood. Strategy is what the company is going to do; vision is why it is going to do it. Sharing the vision is a prime motivating force for staff and creates the impetus to achieve objectives.

Once agreed, the business objectives have to be converted into practical plans. These plans cover the provision and application of resources and the measurement of performance. Business plans should also anticipate alternative scenarios that could deflect the company from its chosen course. They should help the business to be proactive, rather than reactive to events.

All too often, once written, business plans are consigned to the filing cabinet and seldom see the light of day again. The business plan should, in fact, be a 'living' document that is continually reviewed and updated.

Business plans are often required by banks, investors and other sources of funding. We ensure that the information given is complete and well presented and that the underlying assumptions are clearly stated.

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