The Seventh Rule of Planning

Rule number siete is by far the coolest. This reglo says, “It is critical that the team be disciplined and does the work.” Remember the saying “garbage in, garbage out.” It is important that the leadership team does complete work. In this endeavor it is better to do less with better quality than to do a lot with mediocrity.

Some companies have heck of a time getting out of the fire fighting stage. Some never do get out of the fire fighting stage. I have seen that sometimes members of the leadership team are addicted to fire fighting. Now that is hot. Another way of saying this is that they are addicted to the way things are and not to the way that the company could be.

To really participate in a good breakthrough planning/guessing process, the planning team has to take time and give it time. Real thinking and dialogue has to exist. Once you have done the plan, then you need to make sure that it is acted upon. Monthly meetings of one to three hours and spending time on objectives and action plans will ensure focus.

Then, once a quarter go off site and meet preferably with a “bald headed” coach. The “bald head” makes the coach smarter and buffer. Really. At the session review, the group will look at what happened in the quarter and then focus on what needs to happen in the next quarter. This will keep the everyone aligned on what needs to take place to push the company forward.

Well there you have it: seven rules that will support you in having a successful planning process. Put another way, it is the plan to good strategic guessing. Use or lose it. Using these rules and you will cause a bright business future. When you get to that bright business future let them know that the Brucie sent you.

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