The Art of Making Honey

How to Keep the Hive Humming

The Art of Making Honey is a fable about a Beehive that has recently hit hard times. In eight weeks, they have to pick a new Queen, find a new home, and expand their product lines or risk going out of business!

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The Art of Making Honey

Situation Assessment:

The Situation Assessment is the first step of the SMP. It is the phase in which you gather observations from the current business situation in order to plan for the coming fiscal year.

Strategic Framework:

The Strategic Framework is the second step of the SMP. It uses the insights gained from the Situation Assessment to generate the key strategic goals and initiatives.

Business Planning:

The Business Plan is the third step of the SMP. It uses the strategic initiatives determined in the Strategic Framework to guide the plan of action.

Policy Deployment:

Policy Deployment is the feedback loop that is intended to track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that measure whether or not the current strategy is producing the desired outcomes.

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The Strategy Management Process

PGOS's Strategy Management Process (SMP) is a structured planning process designed to create long-term plans to achieve profitable growth.  This process helps create a shared view amongst senior leadership about where the business competes effectively and how to best allocate resources in order to continue winning in the marketplace. 

The Art of making Honey

"The Art of Making Honey" details the structured SMP process designed to create long-term plans to achieve profitable growth.  This process helps create a shared view amongst senior leadership about where the business competes effectively and how to best allocate resources in order to continue winning in the marketplace. 

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You'll learn:

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How to use the 100-day Plan to quickly focus your organization on the critical few vs. the trivial many priorities.

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How to use the Situation Assessment to update assumptions and develop a deeper understanding about your environment. 

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How the Strategic Framework is used to define or re-affirm the company’s mission and vision and then determine the strategic objectives and initiatives required to achieve that vision. 

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How the Business Plan is used to forecast the expected financial results of the strategy and then determine how to appropriately allocate resources in order to deliver those results

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How the Enterprise Risk Managment (ERM) process promotes awareness of critical risks and/or opportunities present in the implementation of the strategy and encourages proactive thinking and planning for mitigating strategies.

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About Bill Canady

Bill Canady has been leading companies to profitable growth for over 30 years. Working in a variety of industries and markets focused on industrial as well as consumer products and services, he brings to the table a unique Operating System and uses it in a 100-day campaign to position the company for profitable growth. Combining vision and process, Canady aligns leadership and other critical stakeholders to earn the right to grow and then to claim that right with a 3-to-5-year business plan for targeted, strategic growth. He believes in bringing the right tools to the job and developing strong leaders and management teams to use them. His experience encompasses global public, private, and sponsor-owned firms.

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