The 5-D Strategy Process™
The Authoritative Strategy Process for Small Businesses and Nonprofits
Enroll in CourseThe 5-D Strategy Process
Your strategy before March 2022, as COVID restrictions ended, is inadequate today.
The pandemic, economic shutdowns, social unrest, and divisive politics affect every economic sector.
The forecasts and assumptions underpinning your strategy before March 2022 are likely no longer valid.
Your small business or nonprofit survived, meaning you've made excellent decisions, built relationships, and delivered products or services people need.
The bad news is that there's no new normal -- no updated comfort zone where everything is predictable. Instead, you face new realities of volatility and uncertainty.
Now is a great time to modify your strategy to these new realities so you have the agility to move forward, pivot smartly, and seize opportunities.
Here's where the 5-D Strategy Process™ helps you.
You are probably tired of the typical "strategic plan" -- it's massive, costly, makes sense only to the consultants who wrote it, and gathers dust on your bookshelf.
What you need is a simple, repeatable process that you and your team can use to advance with confidence and adjust quickly.
That's why I created the 5-D strategy process.
Diagnose your situation (this is your start point).
Define your mission, vision, goals, and values (these are your destination and waypoints).
Develop options that take you from where you are to where you want to be.
Decide which option is best for you.
Determine your measures of impact and performance.
Once you've set a strategy, you can develop your game plan to execute it. You get my simple 1-year plan process in this program, too.
You also gain tools that help you govern your strategy and make adjustments along the way
Strategic planning can be costly.
Hiring a consultant for $70,000 or more is out of the question for many small businesses and nonprofits.
Now, you don’t have to shell out that kind of money.
I’ve put my entire strategy process into a mastery program so that you can build a winning strategy and business plan at a fraction of the cost.
The videos detail each step in clear, simple terms so you know what to do.
The assignments equip you with formats and examples so you get moving in the right direction immediately.
No spinning your wheels, no wasted time and energy.
You will come away from the program with the following:
- Your strategy
- Your business plan
- A process to govern your strategy so that you measure impact, manage risk, seize opportunities, and adapt quickly.
You get this program for a fraction of the cost of hiring a consultant.
Please schedule a call with me if you have any questions.
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