How to Start Strategic Planning

Businessman writing on a flip chart16 questions to ask.

By Marc Rosenberg
CPA Firm Retreats

Strategic planning is the process of examining where you are now, where you want to be and most importantly, what you need to do to get there. It’s that simple.

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The word “process” is very important. Many people view strategic planning as an event, fixed in time, the results of which are bound in an immaculately prepared document and cast in stone. Actually, strategic planning is a never-ending process. It goes through phases; it is continually monitored, changed and tweaked as circumstances warrant.