“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare”
Posted by Ben Harrison on Tue, Apr 27, 2010
With the 1st quarter well behind us, most business leaders have gone through the “numbers” with careful attention. While the earnings reports from Wall Street have been favorable for the most part, and many economic indicators are suggesting that expansion is finally upon us, now is the time to gauge the all-important strategic plan and make certain your organization is doing what it said it would do. “Plan, do, check act,” as Dr. W. Edwards Deming utilized so successfully, helps make goals and objectives that will yield profitable growth for the organization and keep it on track. It’s the senior leadership team that’s responsible for making sure the plan is executed and not sent to the Board Members and Bank once a year and then put away on a shelf to collect dust until next budget season. Do what you said you would do!
- Ben