From Working Leadership Online.
In our most recent Field Work assignment, we are working on My 2010 Business Plan. Part of the work is creating the plan. The other part is the conversations around the plan.
Question:
This is going to be a tough assignment. We are just a division of a larger parent company that doesn’t have a digestible business plan to subordinate our plans to.
Response:
The fact that your parent company does not have a digestible plan is not unusual. And it does make it tough to understand the context for your plan. And that’s the point, to examine these deficiencies and make some improvement. If you are the only person in the company to create a plan for your team inside of a department inside of a division inside of a parent company, then we have made one small step toward improvement. And the biggest result of this planning effort will be in your team and your department. And YOU will be a more effective manager for it.
Great point tom.
The step to taking action comes from you..wishing that the company, boss, friend, wife, husband, other..
Will change so you can plan moves nothing forward.
For the action to take place a plan in necessary for this plan to move it must start with you.
looking forward to a great year