2. Strategic Planning for 2025 | What People Get Wrong About Planning for the Year

Strategic planning is crucial for the success of your company in the upcoming year, but there are so many things that organizations get wrong when it comes to planning. In this episode, we break down the mistakes we often see during the strategic planning process, and how you can avoid them to make 2025 the best year yet.  ➡️ If you’d like a more step-by-step approach to your annual strategic planning, download our free Strategic Planning Guide! Some key takeaways from this episode include: Use your core values and shared vision as the guardrails for your strategic planning. Your goals should all align with your core values and mission objectives and get you closer to your vision of success. Don’t conduct your strategic planning in a bubble. All of your key stakeholders and team members should bring the data and insights they’re responsible for to ensure you’re setting data-driven goals. Hope is not a strategy. You shouldn’t only plan how much money you want to generate, but also how you’re going to make that money. What are your core offers? Does the pricing make sense? How are you reaching ideal customers? You started your business to make an impact in the world, but now you’re too busy and burned out on the day-to-day operations to serve your community. That’s where we come in! Hosted by Scott Woods and Steff Thomas, the team behind Silverback Ventures, the Changemakers Collective podcast is here to help impact-driven business owners like you to accelerate their growth through servant leadership. Connect with Us:  Website Silverback Ventures LinkedIn Scott Woods LinkedIn Steff Thomas LinkedIn YouTube