THE IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING & CONSULTANTS FOR THE GROWTH OF ANY BUSINESS
WHY HIRE STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTING FIRMS? ďƒ’
These firms bring a fresh, perspective as well as hands-on manpower to a strategic planning effort. It is important to hire the services of reputed and well-known strategic planning consulting firms if you are thinking about developing a strategic plan for growth and development of your company. Lists of things that companies should expect from a consultant are briefly discussed in this post.
ROLES OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTANT
THEY SHOULD PROVIDE A PROCESS ďƒ’
When small businesses hire consultants, they expect them to provide an effective process to analyze and understand the organization, a method for developing solutions and its competitive position.
ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS ďƒ’
Consultants need to ask challenging questions, in order to maintain the integrity of the strategic planning process and prevent it from becoming a nominal effort. It is important to understand that sometimes answering these tough questions may sometimes be quite uncomfortable and but these questions shed light on the key reasons for the lack of performance of the company
THEY CHALLENGE THE STATUS-QUO ďƒ’
One of the major roles of the consultants is to challenge the status-quo to ensure that the management not also discusses the problems but also implement changes required to improve the performance of the company in the long run.
HONEST ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED ďƒ’
Based on their experience, knowledge, and understanding of this domain, consultants should conduct the honest assessment of the process. In order to do so, they must openly discuss the group, individual or organizational weaknesses with the top management. It is their professional obligation to conduct a candid assessment and report the results.
RECOGNIZE THE STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS ďƒ’
Every business across the world has its own set of weaknesses and strength. It is important for a consultant to recognize not only the weakness but also the strength and focus on preserving the successful elements of the business. They must deliver objective information about the weakness of the company and what is not working.
DOING CORRECT ANALYSIS ďƒ’
One of the main job responsibilities of the consultants is to develop an understanding of the business of their clients. It is important to evaluate the business efficiently and recommend different ways for their improvement.
THEY LINK STRATEGY WITH EXECUTION ďƒ’ It is very important to understand that the purpose of hiring strategic planning consulta nts is not to create impressive looking documents but to develop a detailed action plan that helps organizations to achieve growth. The company will be no better off than it was before the strategic planning effort, without systematic and skillful implementation and execution of the plan.
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